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One recent town-square meeting, in fact, was devoted to the aesthetic virtues of the Golden Gate Bridge. “We’re the only payments company in the world that’s concerned with design,” the Prada-clad Dorsey begins. He shows a dramatic photo of the bridge taken from atop one of its towers. “This is what I want to build. This is classy. This is inspiring. This is limitless. Every single aspect of this is gorgeous. . . . So your homework this weekend is to cross this bridge, think about that, and also think about how we take those lessons into doing what we do, which is carry every single transaction in the world.”
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Gist: for anything more challenging than a rudimentary mechanical task, higher incentives produce a lower performance.

999 ideas for a business. The key is in the execution.

Manager's Schedule == one hour units (meetings).
Maker's Schedule == half-days.

Teams were given $5 and 2 hours and were told to make as much money as possible.