(I’m thinking I’ll get some heat on this one…)
This thought crossed my mind this morning…
Is asking the government to intervene in an industry a sure sign you’ve lost your real value as a business?
I think this might have bubbled up because I was dealing with a Debate #1 hangover this morning, so the whole idea of government was on my mind – and – I read the most recent “Incentive Industry Rou
ndtable” discussion on Incentive Magazine’s website.
It’s pretty long (hey – Incentive Mag – have button for “see on one page” please! There are 8 “pages” I had to click through.) It covers a lot of ground but a small piece in the middle got my attention and started me thinking.
Read the whole post over at Paul Hebert's I-2-I (an FOT contributor blog)

Paul Hebert is Senior Account Executive at WorkStride, Inc, and a writer, speaker and consultant. Paul focuses on helping connect best-in-class incentive technology platform to behaviors you need drive business results through employees, channel partners and consumers.
Using proven motivational theory, behavioral economics and social psychology he has driven extraordinary company performance for his clients. Paul is widely considered an expert on motivation, incentives, and engagement.
Other notable activities:
- Interviewed by the BBC on executive motivation and pay
- Quoted three times in USATODAY as an expert in incentives and channel travel programs
- Published in Loyalty360 magazine
- Writer and founding member of the editorial advisory board at the HRExaminer website
- Contributing author of “Enterprise Engagement: The Textbook: A Roadmap to Achieving Organizational Results Through People”
- Contributing author of 3 books on social media “The Age of Conversation #1, #2, and #3”