Gaia Soykok

"Praise" allows the different types of values to exist, we do not force a top-down incentive systems forcing on what is good but hearing from the community what they value.

“What rewards and punishments do is induce compliance, and they do very well. If your objective is to get people to obey an order, to show up on time and do what they’re told, then bribing or threatening them may be sensible strategies. But if your objective is to get long-term quality in the workplace, to help students become careful thinkers and... See more

The philosophy behind this practice is to break the old pattern of mind and its reactions to different sensations. Probably, by breaking the existing pattern of mind and matter relationship, in terms of reactions to sensations and feelings that create aversion to bed feelings and pain on one hand and craving to good feelings and pleasure on the... See more

The way it starts - the founder has an idea, the marketing is a little bit different. Sales a little bit different and product managers are a little bit different. Duh! Not aligned! it is a group work - positioning exercise. The majority of the issues are misalignments.

include flexible working hours and work from home

skill-based pay to reward those who acquire additional expertise and to develop a multiskilled work force

980s by Richard A. Guzzo, associate professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and his colleagues at New York University. The raw numbers seemed to suggest a positive relationship between financial incentives and productivity, but because of the huge variations from one study to another, statistical tests indicated that... See more

Messaging versus positioning: they are distinct, and positioning is the fundamental input to the messaging.