Structure Beats Motivation Every Time

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When behavior is wrong, do not lecture the people — redesign the structure. Federal Express discovered its crews were falsifying shipment paperwork; the cause was a shift-pay scheme that rewarded behavior orthogonal to the goal. Fixing the incentive realigned behavior overnight, without changing headcount or values.

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