They started with a group activity about what typically motivates us, and what distracts us. It wasn't overly surprising that a lot of our answers were very similar since all of us in the class come from a similar demographic (college students, hmp majors, ages 19-21, etc). Common themes were "motivated by money and family, distracted by netflix and social life".
They then got into their presentation which was well done and i thought it was clear that they put a lot of time into thinking about it. They even had a recording of a phone conversation with Carly's mentor which was cool.
My big take away was that the motivator for lots of people in the workplace was not in fact money, which I totally agree with. I know for myself, there's some days that you'd value a day spent with family or time relaxing more than any sort of bonus they could give you to come in and work. There's a lot to be said with rewarding employees with things that mean something to them because happiness and satisfaction in the workplace leads to productivity and positive morale.
Nice reflection - I love the cartoon!
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