And of course markets aren't perfect, and social expectations get involved. I didn't get jobs in the past because I hadn't earned enough in the past to be considered a good fit for that job, despite that being just because I'd worked for small companies in the past who just didn't pay as much.
When you involve large companies in a market they distort it. When you involve HR departments (and the rules that go along with them) in a market they distort it. When you involve people in markets their expectations affect it.
But that doesn't mean that it isn't fundamentally a market. I remember reading about Ben and Jerry's putting in place a maximum multiplier for their company, so that the top level people couldn't earn more than X times what the lowest level person was earning. And then having to remove it because they could not get a decent person of exec level at that cost. Anyone worth having was snapped up by companies paying vastly more.
I don't know what we see differently about motivation. My view seems to be the one shared by psychologists and suchlike, but that may well be because it's based on stuff I've read about the psychology of motivation. No idea what your different view is.
Sorry, bad form to post bare YouTube links, I know. Not an actual TED talk - RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA. In fact, I haven't seen the TED version of the talk, and probably should. :)
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And of course markets aren't perfect, and social expectations get involved. I didn't get jobs in the past because I hadn't earned enough in the past to be considered a good fit for that job, despite that being just because I'd worked for small companies in the past who just didn't pay as much.
When you involve large companies in a market they distort it. When you involve HR departments (and the rules that go along with them) in a market they distort it. When you involve people in markets their expectations affect it.
But that doesn't mean that it isn't fundamentally a market. I remember reading about Ben and Jerry's putting in place a maximum multiplier for their company, so that the top level people couldn't earn more than X times what the lowest level person was earning. And then having to remove it because they could not get a decent person of exec level at that cost. Anyone worth having was snapped up by companies paying vastly more.
I don't know what we see differently about motivation. My view seems to be the one shared by psychologists and suchlike, but that may well be because it's based on stuff I've read about the psychology of motivation. No idea what your different view is.
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The awesome TED talk about what actually motivates people?
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