Monthly Archives: July 2011
Motivate your team intrinsically or extrinsically?
There is no doubt that motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the actions required to achieve a goal, without relying on external rewards or pressures. Extrinsic motivation is the opposite and requires external rewards such as money or external consequences such as demotion. Continue reading
Social Goals, a buzzword that may stick around
There is a new buzz word flying around these days in company performance management talks. It’s “social goals”. Social goals do not refer to society or humanity goals as the name sounds. Social goals in the context of a company are goals that have been made visible to everyone, enabling teams to easily … Continue reading
Why on earth did we choose 7Geese for our product name?
Last night I was the keynote speaker at EIO, a Vancouver-based entrepreneurship organization. I did a presentation about Social Business and our product 7Geese. The presentation went great and many people came and asked me questions after I was done. One of the main questions that … Continue reading
