
← Work For Humans18 Aug · 1 h 32 min
What We Get Wrong About Work | Barry Schwartz, Revisited
What We Get Wrong About Work | Barry Schwartz, Revisited
We’ve spent decades designing work around the idea that people need incentives to perform. But what happens when the systems designed to motivate people actually get in the way of motivation? Professor Barry Schwartz has spent decades studying what makes work meaningful, and his research challenges the idea that money and performance incentives are enough. In this revisited episode, Dart and Barry explore what people really want from work, why pay-for-performance can undermine motivation, and...