Tag Incentive Design

Reward the Unseen Work

The beginning of the year (now) is when a good part of what I call “unseen” work gets accomplished. It’s the planning, the list-making, the thinking, the reviewing. It’s when we create starting points for the rest of the year…. Continue Reading →

Best Practices = The Rest Practices

I have never been a fan of using best practices as my playbook for any program I run for clients. My rationale is this: Best practices are the listing of the practices used by a large amalgam of companies. For… Continue Reading →

Start with a Loss

Many channel incentive programs require some sort of “enrollment” process. Almost every person in the program will have to agree to a privacy policy and program terms and conditions before they can play in the program. That’s friction many clients… Continue Reading →

The Let Down – But it’s Okay

Le sigh… Wrapping paper everywhere. Dishes in the sink. Belt unfastened to allow for figgy pudding (or in my case bread pudding.) The inevitable “thought that counts” presents that didn’t count, or fit, and the “what were they thinking” presents… Continue Reading →

80% of Good Incentive Designers Know Social Proof Can Backfire

I spent an hour with a friend and behavioral science/behavioral investor author yesterday recording a podcast. I’ll alert you when/if it goes live. We talked about a lot of things – one of which was using social proof as a… Continue Reading →

A Thousand Ways to do Something That Will Never Work 100% of the Time

Motivation has been studied, prodded, poked and dissected since cavepeople were painting on walls. And all that effort has led to multiple theories of why people do what they do. I believe each has a modicum of value and insight… Continue Reading →

You Don’t Run Incentive Programs To Be Nice

Companies run incentive programs that use non-cash awards for very specific reasons. Most of those reasons, if not all, participants will argue with. They will argue because their objective and the company’s objective, are very different. Companies don’t run these… Continue Reading →

Reward What You See

Time to Atone for your Incentive Sins!

It’s the How – Not the What

You Are What You Signal

The “Intelligence By Proximity” Fallacy

But let’s not let someone get away with “intelligence by proximity” or as I like to say – “Standing next to Einstein” and hoping the buyer can’t tell the difference between them and a real thought leader.

The Questions I Get Most Often About How to Design an Incentive Program

Enterprise Incentive and Recognition Design – Part 1? – Consider Your Brand

Or is it Part 2 since I posted the intro piece last week? Does the intro count at Part 1? I’m going to say no. The parts are the elements – the Intro/Summary aren’t part of the series. So this… Continue Reading →

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