I have a whole new appreciation for Daniel Pink, and I just love this RSAnimate video of his talk. The premise is (as outlined in another link, below) that research shows that financial incentives, while they may work for menial tasks, do not work for higher level cognitive tasks. In fact, increasing the financial incentive makes the result worse! What people in fact want are autonomy, mastery and purpose. Now, if this is true, consider what it says about some longstanding arguments. Like, we should pay teachers who perform better. According to the research, performance pay will hurt performance. Or how about the old canard that we have to pay CEOs and presidents huge salaries in order to attract top performers. Again, if the research is right, this will result in worse performance. And - doesn't it seem, after watching our corporate leaders in action, that this is the case? Anyhow, don't miss this video - it is beautifully animated and compelling to watch. 10 minutes, 48 seconds. Related: Deborah Meier: Good schooling is built on respect.
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