Intrinsic Motivation - the power of passion & how money can destroy it

In this episode, we deep dive into the idea of intrinsic motivation, how you can make or break it. The way we look at productivity seems to be blurred by an approach that puts output generated above value created. If we are honest with ourselves, then often what we call productivity is limited to the amount of work done within a certain time frame. A reflection on whether this work was valuable or not is often missing. We still tend to tie employees to a pre-defined work schedule, to micro-manage them on projects due to missing trust, to work in stiff and ego-driven hierarchies. Yet, there might be better ways to increase our productivity: by offering the opportunity to match your own competencies and interests with ownership and autonomy and the right degree of challenge. In this episode, we want to elaborate on how such opportunities can be created and share our experiences and learnings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The digital age comes with radical changes in how value is created. While our future leaders, the millennials, have evolved their values, the way of how businesses and organisations are run is stuck in the industrial epoch. The keywords of a “new work era” are widely spread, but remained poorly put into practice in most cases. Instead of thoroughly understanding how instrumental their impact for business success can be they are used to lure young talents into organisations that are run as ever before. The risk of this is not only the loss of motivation and engagement of a whole generation in their jobs and towards their employer, but more interestingly the loss of effectiveness with which businesses are approaching increasing complexity & future challenges. In this podcast we, Anna & Rolf, want to take the buzz out of New Work and interview smart minds who have approached Org topics in a different way. We want to get to the core of their beliefs, discuss their approaches and ultimately learn how to best tackle the complexity of our business world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.