W. Edwards Deming held a critical view of goal-setting, as he believed that goals often served as a form of negative reinforcement, ultimately constraining performance. Oscar Wilde’s famous quote, ‘To
When we visit a doctor and he or she suggests getting some measurements done, like measuring cholesterol or blood pressure, we never complain about it or try to avoid it.
Punishment and penalties never solve a problem; they only help stop undesirable behaviour. It does not replace the unproductive behaviour with the productive one. If, with punishment, it is not
“Grandma’s Law, famously summarized as ‘Eat your vegetables before dessert,’ is a timeless concept grounded in positive reinforcement. Our natural tendency is to gravitate toward enjoyable or indulgent foods, sometimes
Positive and negative reinforcement are the consequences that drive performance. Negative reinforcement can start a poorer performer moving in the right direction, but only positive reinforcement can keep that person
Aubrey C. Daniels said that “people don’t resist change if the change provides immediate positive consequences for them. Nobody’s resists change when the immediate consequences favour it”. It means we
Whether we collaborate as a family, a group of students embarking on a project, or as teammates within a company, the success of our collective endeavour hinges solely on the
