Rethinking incentives
by Paul Hobbs on September 4, 2009
in Productivity
Some American corporations act as if that the more you pay someone to do a task, the more productive and creative that person will be. However, scientific evidence shows this not true. In this TED talk Dan Pink claims that “autonomy, mastery and purpose” motivate people to work creatively, while money incentives actually decrease performance for intellectually challenging tasks.