Alfie Kohn, "Punished by Rewards" *

Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond · Feb 24, 2009 · 19m

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/57

Audio remastered July 2021

My guest for LeanBlog Podcast #57 is Alfie Kohn, an author and lecturer in the fields of education, parenting, and human behavior. His books include Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes and The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing. I reached out to Alfie after there was some very good discussion on the blog about Chicago Public Schools giving incentive payments to high school students earning A's, B's, and C's. Many of the arguments that Alfie makes…