tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post6328653439193146255..comments2024-02-18T18:59:06.164+00:00Comments on Econosophy and other musings: Money as incentiveTobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258136994278139356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-10218464854405167202009-11-19T20:02:36.893+00:002009-11-19T20:02:36.893+00:00Hi PT2,
sorry, I'm bad at this blogging thing...Hi PT2,<br /><br />sorry, I'm bad at this blogging thing. I get no mails that people have left comments even though I've entered my email in the box that's supposed to do that. So hence my somewhat late response.<br /><br />Thanks for posting, and glad to have been of some assistance! The hard part of motivating people within a pay situation is that they are there, typically, because they have to be -- at least at particular times, on particular days etc. They don't have control over their time, which is quite an a big deal if you think about it. Volunteers are more likely to be working at a project out of passion and belief. Sadly, this seems to me to be an inescapable trap, but of course needs to be kept in mind. <br /><br />Money is not as motivating as we tend to think it is. Hence my huge interest in resource-based economies, the only type of economy in which money is designed out.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258136994278139356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-56904874236296879422009-11-15T10:34:11.666+00:002009-11-15T10:34:11.666+00:00Thanks - a very helpful reminder. It has encourage...Thanks - a very helpful reminder. It has encouraged me to think more about how important personal pride of workmanship, as well as others esteem, is to day-to-day quality work in a science environment. Something to remember as I try to nudge higher levels of compliance and general perfromance from busy, distracted or sometimes recalcitrant staff.PT2https://www.blogger.com/profile/03380398059804361356noreply@blogger.com