incentivizing
Creating reward structures
Incentivizing is creating motivation through rewards or benefits.
It's the present participle of incentivize, a back-formation from incentive that emerged in business and policy contexts: The company is incentivizing employees with bonuses, Tax breaks are incentivizing green energy adoption.
Critics consider incentivize corporate jargon, preferring motivate or encourage, but the word has become standard in discussions of behavioral economics and organizational management.
Prompting someone to act
- inspiringEvoking enthusiasm or drive
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- energizingImparting renewed vitality
galvanizing · spurring · rousing · stirring · activating · animating · enthusing · igniting
Added compensation beyond wages
- prizesAwards for achievement
- perksAdditional job advantages
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
- payoutsSums of money paid
premiums · bounties · grants · scholarships · honoraria · dividends · windfalls · earnings
Light push to prompt
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- reinforcingMaking more robust
- shapingGiving something its form
- rewardingProviding satisfaction or benefit
promoting · fostering · cultivating · eliciting · triggering · gamifying · benchmarking · targeting
Powerfully attractive
- luringAttracting through enticement
- temptingArousing desire or interest
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- inducingCausing or bringing about
swaying · convincing · appealing · attracting · wooing · baiting · dangling · sweetening
Financial aid from government
- rebatesPartial refunds after purchase
- vouchersRedeemable credit documents
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- creditsUnits toward graduation
deductions · allowances · exemptions · tariffs · bailouts
motivating
Prompting someone to act
- inspiringEvoking enthusiasm or drive
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
energizing · galvanizing · spurring · rousing · stirring · activating · animating · enthusing · igniting · kindling
bonuses
Added compensation beyond wages
- prizesAwards for achievement
- perksAdditional job advantages
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
payouts · premiums · bounties · grants · scholarships · honoraria · dividends · windfalls · earnings · remuneration
nudging
Light push to prompt
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- reinforcingMaking more robust
- shapingGiving something its form
rewarding · promoting · fostering · cultivating · eliciting · triggering · gamifying · benchmarking · targeting · aligning
enticing
Powerfully attractive
- luringAttracting through enticement
- temptingArousing desire or interest
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
inducing · swaying · convincing · appealing · attracting · wooing · baiting · dangling · sweetening · cajoling
subsidies
Financial aid from government
- rebatesPartial refunds after purchase
- vouchersRedeemable credit documents
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
credits · deductions · allowances · exemptions · tariffs · bailouts
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
incentivizingdisincentivizing
Making something less attractive
discouraging · deterring · punishing · dissuading · penalizing
incentivizingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
neglecting · leaving alone · allowing · permitting · stepping back
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