Gaia Soykok

Rewards systems are algorithmic and heuristic. Algorithms are objective while heuristic is not.

Most workers are reasonable about what they expect to receive from their organization as long as they’re treated with respect and are given the opportunity to influence key decisions that may affect them.

when people are asked to guess what matters to their coworkers—or, in the case of managers, to their subordinates—they assume money heads the list. But put the question directly—“What do you care about?”—and pay typically ranks only fifth or sixth.

doing 'three things well:1.Discover the asymmetries (…) and discern the potential between them.2.Turn asymmetries into capabilities by strategically embedding them within an organizational design configuration that exploits them and sustains their development.3.Match asymmetry-derived capabilities to market opportunities’ (Miller 2003), p. 965

Example: Segway is archetypal wrong in positioning. He went on the next level of human transport, but then it comes to this thing on good morning America. everyone is disappointed. they can not place it.

Fighting impostor syndrome: Julie had it for 8 years- start in small place- embrace the fact that you are in a place where you do not know what to do - Embrace curiosity - Everyone feels it - Repetition and seeing patterns give confidence- Build your toolkit - Share and collaborate with other people.

should capture the value of their short-term results and long-term contributions.

Lo-tek is a movement that investigates the lesser-known local technologies , traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), indigenous cultural practices, and mythologies passed down as songs or stories.