Wisdom's Many Facets

The Wisdom of Work

We spend most of life working without ever questioning this practice's wisdom. In fact, a wisdom of work grows within and around the concept of "career" intended to help facilitate and maximize the various elements of this activity: productivity, motivation, etc. What if our understanding of work is completely wrong?

The conventional wisdom of work and career is questioned and challenged in articles that explore and critique the assumptions, beliefs, and values that underlie our understanding and practice of work. You will also find articles that propose and suggest alternative and radical ways of thinking and working.


Productive & Counterproductive Behavior in Organizations: The Need to Measure Performance


Vincent Triola
5 Minute Or Less Read Time
Productive & Counterproductive Behavior in Organizations: The Need to Measure Performance

What are the similarities & differences between need theories?


Vincent Triola
9 Minute Or Less Read Time
What are the similarities & differences between need theories?

The Difference Between Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation: Why It Matters


Vincent Triola
8 Minute Or Less Read Time
The Difference Between Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation & Why It Matters

The Four Forms of Motivation: Extrinsic, Identified, Intrinsic, & Introjected


Vincent Triola
6 Minute Or Less Read Time
The Four Forms of Motivation: Extrinsic, Identified, Intrinsic, & Introjected

Unveiling the Pitfalls: Why Pay-for-Performance Fails to Deliver Long-Term Results


Vincent Triola
8 Minute Or Less Read Time
Why performance pay fails to motivate?

The Law of Effect: How Consequences Influence Behavior & Why Rewarding Yourself Doesn’t Motivate


Vincent Triola
10 Minute Or Less Read Time
The Law of Effect: How Consequences Influence Behavior & Why Rewarding Yourself Doesn’t Motivate

Do companies really need CEOs?


Vincent Triola
8 Minute Or Less Read Time
Do companies really need CEOs?

Inequality, Life Chances, Upward Mobility, & the American Dream


Vincent Triola
6 Minute Or Less Read Time
Inequality, Life Chances, Upward Mobility, & the American Dream

Fiction & Life Colliding, Making Ambition A Tiny Puff of Nothing


Vincent Triola & Terry Trueman
11 Minute Or Less Read Time
Fiction & Life Colliding, Making Tiny Puffs of Nothingness

The Only Thing You Need to Know When Starting a Business


Vincent Triola
9 Minute Or Less Read Time
The Only Thing You Need to Know When Starting a Business

The Cost of Selling Ourselves: A Critical Look at the Role of Capitalism in Our Lives


Vincent Triola
7 Minute Or Less Read Time
Unbranding You

Unquestioning obedience, including jobs, will lead to slavery.


Vincent Triola & Terry Trueman
5 Minute Or Less Read Time
On the True Nature of Power in America Today