“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” was the question posed by Roman poet Juvenal, which translates to “Who watches the watchmen?”
It was a question first pondered by Plato in The Republic, who in his description of the perfect city, envisaged a guardian class to protect it. The question put to Socrates was “Who will guard the guardians?”
The context in Plato is the morality of those put in positions of power and authority. But to put a motivational spin on it all, in an incentive system, who rewards those who are doing the rewarding? At IncentiveDirect, we are.
Beginning in the new year, we will be rewarding all Supervisors who purchase points in our iD-points rewards and motivation system. All our Supervisors will become End Users in the IncentiveDirect incentive, and get to experience first hand how the system works from the other side of the fence.
As well as rewarding points purchases, we may also reward additional points for Supervisors who are really making use of the features in iD-points such as Knowledge Tests, Surveys and the Supervisor reporting tools.
At the end of the day, companies who are using iD-points to its full potential are likely to be engaging their users fully, buying more points, and reaping the benefits of a motivated sales force. So it makes sense to reward them and motivate them further too.