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TED: Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

  

High compensation actually decreases productivity, except with mechanical (brainless) tasks.

Creativity/productivity results from giving participants:

  • Autonomy
  • Mastery
  • Purpose
Observe the productivity of the creators of
  • Wikipedia (built entirely by volunteers, donations -- thriving) vs. 
  • Encarta (built by well paid, highly managed worker bees at behemoth company -- "What's Encarta?")