Just a moment...
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Just a moment...
Incentive programs, and the performance appraisal systems that accompany them, reduce the possibilities for cooperation. Peter R. Scholtes, senior management consultant at Joiner Associates Inc., put it starkly, “Everyone is pressuring the system for individual gain. No one is improving the system for collective gain. The system will inevitably cra... See more
Alfie Kohn • Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
When we submit to doing something solely for the purpose of avoiding punishment, our attention is distracted from the value of the action itself.
Marshall B. Rosenberg • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
Implying that without incentive to work, most of us would sit around doing nothing. It’s a common notion, one deeply ingrained in our Protestant work ethic society. But it’s wrong.
Steve Magness • Do Hard Things
It should be recognized that a defining feature of a synergistic society is that participation in it is voluntary. If people do not choose to engage in a given cooperative activity, the implication is that they do not perceive that activity to be helpful, either for themselves or for others. Efforts to promote social cooperation within a synergisti
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