Creativity At The Workplace

Intellectual challenges, alone with sufficient resources and freedom to experiment are the ideal ingredients of a creative workplace.

Managers should encourage innovative thinking and be trusting, and supportive towards the team, while being receptive to new ideas. Clear, honest communication, along with clarity of goals fosters a free flow of ideas, important for high creativity.

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Daniel Pink on Incentives and the Two Types of Motivation

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There are two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. Both are very different and lead to disparate outcomes. Here's how to make the most of motivation, both for yourself and others. *** Motivation is a tricky multifaceted thing. How do we motivate people to become the best they can be?

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Two types of motivation

Motivation is categorized into two basic types: Extrinsic and intrinsic.

Extrinsic motivation is related to external forces like money or fame.
Intrinsic motivation

Money as a motivation

Money as a tool for motivation is limiting at best, and the 'carrot and stick' approach many managers use to motivate employees is will actually achieve the opposite effect of what was intended.

Conditional rewards

‘If, then’ rewards or conditional rewards are when we promise to give something to an individual when they complete a certain task.

These rewards can have a negative impact on motivation as the employees lose the will to work on that task for the sake of working.

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3 Science-Backed Ways to Boost Your Motivation (Even When You Don't Feel Like Working)

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I tend to wake up early and do my best work while the sun is up. Whenever I try to work late at night, I find I'm less focused and I have trouble thinking creatively.But there is one thing that I've noticed that I have more of at night:...

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Motivation and creative work

Intrinsic motivation is necessary for creative work. We need broad thinking, so we can come up with innovative ideas and see new connections.

Extrinsic motivation narrows our t...

Elements of intrinsic motivation

The 3 elements required for intrinsic motivation:

Autonomy: it's about choice - when you believe you have a choice, you're more motivated.
Mastery: it's about wanting to get better at something that matters.
Purpose: it comes from believing you're working on something that's bigger than yourself.

Knowing our work helps others

When we know that our work will make a difference to someone else, it makes us work harder.

Try to reach out to the people who directly benefit from your work. This could boost your motivation to work hard.

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Incentives: The Importance of Rewarding Your Employees

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Following years of hard-fought negotiations by labor interests, the minimum wage was recently raised in several U.S. states this year, and the impact has been evident. Not so much an economic impact, or even the social im-pact that will help make life easier for the thousands who have experienced wage stagnation through the years.

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Rewarding To Maximize Motivation

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The expectation of rewards may decrease the spontaneous interest in the activity to be rewarded. So it’s important to understand what the rewards should be and how they should be awarded to ...