Stop Sending Mixed Signals, Rethink Incentives With Uri Gneezy

Organizations often unknowingly send mixed signals to their
employees. For example, they might encourage innovation but
punish failure. Uri Gneezy, Ph.D., joins the Talent Angle to
explain how organizations can structure incentives to
unlock employees’ full potential. He explains how HR leaders
can use incentives to nurture intrinsic motivation in employees
and create habits in the workforce that support organizational
performance.


Uri Gneezy, Ph.D., is the Epstein/Atkinson Endowed Chair in
Behavioral Economics and professor of economics and strategy at
the Rady School of Management at the University of California,
San Diego. Before joining the Rady School, Gneezy was a faculty
member at the University of Chicago, Technion and Haifa. Gneezy
received his Ph.D. from the Center for Economic Research in
Tilburg. Gneezy was born and raised in Israel, where he learned
applied game theory firsthand in the streets of Tel Aviv.



Jessica Knight is a vice president of research in the Gartner
HR practice. She leads research teams to identify best
practices and new opportunities to address HR executives’ most
urgent challenges. Her areas of focus include employee
experience, organizational culture, change management and the
future of work.