Rewards? Do you think you do a better job if you are rewarded? Science says not a chance, business says of course we do. Dan Pink says “there is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does.”
Intrinsic motivators vs. Extrinsic motivators.
Autonomy, mastery and purpose vs. Carrots and Sticks.
Who wins? As soon as a task requires even rudimentary cognitive skills, rewards actually hinder the outcome!
An awesome video and worth the 18 minutes.
People need to drive, not be driven!
That’s a great video Jeremy. Some day in our lifetime, let’s hope that’s how most businesses see things.
This article by Paul Graham has a similar point, except it’s talking about blogs and open source: http://www.paulgraham.com/opensource.html