These series of guest posts are written by the teams attending the Tetuan Valley Startup School 2010 Fall edition. This post is from the Rumor team, formed by Xavier Burruezo & Sergi Consul.

After all these weeks of post, with long text and few images, we think you need a video. We could put a funny video, a video of a girl talking about make up or that famous girl that exercises in front of the camera… . But being this Tetuan Valley’s blog, let the video at least be somewhat educational.

We are going to talk about a video from RSA Animate . They take great pitches and make amazing animations with it. The video we have chosen is called: the surprising truth about what motivates us.

The key points from the video are:

• The monetary reward only works properly if the task is mechanical.
• Monetary rewards don’t motivate us. A higher salary doesn’t make us work better or perform better, actually makes you perform worse.
• Even thought money is not a motivation; if you don’t pay enough then it becomes a demotivation. Workers don’t have to think about the money, then, they ‘ll perform better.
• Autonomy is a good motivation. If a team member has autonomy, then he engages in the work.
• You have to challenge your team, as well as let them improve their skills.
• Give the team a purpose.

So the business model of Noodles is great, but we need to follow this key points so we motivate our team!.