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Tag Archives: incentives
What makes people tick at work? — [VIDEO]
Daniel Pink:
Posted in Economics, Individual Intelligence - Anti Consensus, Psychology
Tagged autonomy, Business, carrots and sticks, cognitive tasks, Dan Pink, Daniel Pink, Economics, human motivation, human motivations, incentives, leadership, management, mastery, mechanical tasks, Money, motivation, motivations, Psychology, purpose, task management
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We have become a nation of beggars. — [VIDEO]
Today’s society doesn’t value hard work and innovation.
Posted in Economics, Politics, Psychology, The Global Economy
Tagged beggars, Business, economy, Freedom, freeloaders, growth, incentives, John Stossel, liberty, motivation, Politics, taxes, taxpayers, US economy, US government, US politics
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Ian Ayres: Unlocking the power of incentives — [VIDEO]
Ian Ayres on carrots and sticks:
Posted in Economics, Psychology, Research
Tagged Behavior, carrots, Economics, human behavior, human motivations, Ian Ayres, incentives, motivations, Psychology, sticks
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Prizes – [VIDEO]
Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Inventions & Innovations, Philanthropy
Tagged incentives, motivation, Peter Diamond, prizes, X PRIZE
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Money does not motivate humans… – [VIDEO]
Higher incentives lead to worse performances: For cognitive tasks: AUTONOMY + MASTERY + PURPOSE.
Posted in Economics, Psychology
Tagged autonomy, economic science, Economics, incentives, mastery, Money, motivations, performances, Psychology, purpose
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You state that your book is based on one fundamental assumption about human nature: people respond to incentives. Which is another way of saying that people are basically selfish. Take someone like Jesus Christ. What was his “incentive†to go on the cross?
“Jesus probably didn’t know much about macroeconomics, even though he was God.â€
Posted in Humor
Tagged Economics, Freakonomics, God, Humor, incentives, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Super Freakonomics
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McKinsey on the X Prizes
“Well designed prizes carry a strong element of theater that makes them newsworthy and media friendly. This messaging and brand-building potential is attractive to corporations looking to burnish their image or wealthy donors seeking to signal their arrival.†PDF file … Continue reading
Positives for prediction markets
Satyajit Das, in his 2006 book: Dealers on exchanges charge clients a fixed commission to trade; the cartel of dealers means that clients have no choice other than to deal through them. The dealers are fierce advocates of competition except … Continue reading