That's a very well known experiment, and well explained on the one TED talk I've seen it cited. The experiment conclusion is that thinking about money as a reward¹ makes people much less creative.
It's simply amazing how somebody can spin this into "money doesn't motivate people". Some people will only see what they want, and make any excuse for that, no matter how absurd.
1 - Does thinking about it as a problem have the same effect? Is there some data about this?
> It's simply amazing how somebody can spin this into "money doesn't motivate people". Some people will only see what they want, and make any excuse for that, no matter how absurd.
Almost nobody reads the original studies. Instead, they read news stories and articles, most written by professionals who are paid to spin it in amazing ways.
It's simply amazing how somebody can spin this into "money doesn't motivate people". Some people will only see what they want, and make any excuse for that, no matter how absurd.
1 - Does thinking about it as a problem have the same effect? Is there some data about this?