Comments on: Incentives Kill Creativity

By: Phillilp Blackerby

Phillilp Blackerby — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:05:45 +0000

Terrific! Daniel Pink's analysis explains, perhaps, why all the job growth in the booming 1990's and later 2000"s was in small businesses, where autonomy is the rule, mastery is the payoff, and purpose is the motivator. Management-driven large businesses grow only by accretion of smaller businesses, then quash the autonomy and creativity that made them a worthwhile acquisition in the first place. We destroy what we value most.

By: Mesa and Detroit.. The Next Movie Meccas? | Derek Neighbors

Mesa and Detroit.. The Next Movie Meccas? | Derek Neighbors — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:03:08 +0000

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By: Matthew Petro

Matthew Petro — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:38:44 +0000

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for posting this.

By: Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:05 +0000

That was mind-blowing. Wow.

It makes total sense. Why all the science to back up the idea of intrinsic motivation and a complete lack of business acceptance or even consideration of such things? Complacency and fear of change, I guess.

Management is just another word for control. We need to do away with centralized management and empower people through showing them that their ideas have merit and that we’re all working together towards a goal greater than ourselves.

Perhaps it’s just a question of showing someone they matter every day…