Archive for November, 2007
Management and Incentives - Good or Bad?
0 Comments Published by John Seiffer November 20th, 2007 in Management, Productivity, CEO SkillsThere are examples to show incentives are good: they improve some behaviors and are a way to give people what they want in exchange for effort you want. There are also examples of why incentives are bad: they promote individuality at the expense of teamwork, they morph motivation to extrinsic rewards when motivation could (should?) […]
FREE - It’s More Complicated Than You Think
0 Comments Published by John Seiffer November 2nd, 2007 in Book Reviews, AttitudesThe titles comes from a great article in the Wall Street Journal by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert. It highlights his experience with giving stuff away for free on the web. His results are a mix of plus and minus. Great read.
You may not know that besides being funny, Adams is a very perceptive thinker […]
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