Gaia Soykok

Employees like feeling appreciated. A smile and a “thank you” goes a long way.

self determination theory - DEci and and Ryan people have three innate psychological needs : autonomy relatedness and competence, When they have that they feel motivated happy and productive,

greatest incentive for employee performance is affording one another the simple pleasures in life: warmth, care, thoughtfulness, appreciation and kindness.

author Carla O’Dell reports in People, Performance, and Pay that a survey of 1,600 organizations by the American Productivity Center discovered little in the way of active employee involvement in organizations that used small-group incentive plans.

The need for creativity is intrinsic incentivising heuristic tasks when rewarded, can diminish the intrinsic value.

Organizations should practice open communication when distributing extrinsic rewards, (e.g., promotion), so employees can compare the value of everyone’s contributions.

Vipassana meditation is not a religious practice,

L - leverage tasks you get 10xN - Tasks you get 1 to 1O - Overheard tasks - you get not much