Comments on: Performance Incentives – Risks of being counter productive http://www.reach1to1.com/2009/09/02/performance-incentives-risk/ information and workflow architects Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: tabbyindia http://www.reach1to1.com/2009/09/02/performance-incentives-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-12179 tabbyindia Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:05:41 +0000 http://www.reach1to1.com/?p=250#comment-12179 Asutosh<br><br>Quite interesting! <br><br>For creative projects (especially with teams), the idea of rewards to 'inspire' works well (rather than to motivate extra effort) - so different forms of appreciation, recognition and assigning more challenging tasks - is effective, rather than cash or kind.<br><br>There is a lot of research that shows how and where incentives are effective (and where they are not). For example:<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/n2hc4d" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/n2hc4d</a><br><br>Best to keep all options open, I think! Asutosh

Quite interesting!

For creative projects (especially with teams), the idea of rewards to 'inspire' works well (rather than to motivate extra effort) – so different forms of appreciation, recognition and assigning more challenging tasks – is effective, rather than cash or kind.

There is a lot of research that shows how and where incentives are effective (and where they are not). For example:

http://tinyurl.com/n2hc4d

Best to keep all options open, I think!

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