Comparing creative motivation to classic patterns of coerced motivation Truth #4 – Creative vs Coerced Motivation Patterns. Customer-based coerced ‘motivation’
A thing that a customer Demands
Ultimatum to make the thing or else 
Career Opportunity of making one-offs
Anticipation of taking a vacation. Creative Attractor applied to ME/EE’s
A gadget that Needs to be created
Belief gadget can be created
Creative Opportunity to create gadget
Anticipation of envisioned gadget. Creative Attractor applied to Software
A problem that Needs to be solved
Belief problem can be solved
Creative Opportunity to solve problem
Anticipation of envisioned solution. Executive-based coerced ‘motivation’
A thing that executives mandated
Opportunity to remained employed
Career of doing the things told
Anticipation of a ‘shared’ smaller bonus. Concrete creative opportunity-based, motivation patterns:. ©2018 iiSM.ORG, All Rights Reserved. Examples of classically coerced-opportunity, motivation patterns:. Click slide to see in context of slide deck
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