When the sole focus of our work is on output we pay a price – as individuals and as organizations. That cost is innovation, creativity, and problem solving, each of which is essential for sustained company financial performance. But by aligning people and performance management to output, employees are reduced to automations – ignoring that it is their whole humanity – both the head and the heart – that ignites the creative spark which leads to innovation. It is human beings, motivated by the drive to do something because it is interesting, exciting, and/or personally challenging, who create, invent and solve problems, not human doings. …see more