AS SYSTEMS DESIGNERS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROPERLY ALIGNED INCENTIVES AND GOALS ALLOW ALL PARTICIPANTS TO MOVE IN THE SAME, DESIRED DIRECTION. TOO OFTEN, THE SYSTEMS WE CHOOSE TO LIVE WITHIN SET US AT CROSS-PURPOSES, WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER OR AGAINST THE COMMON GOOD. INCENTIVE REALIGNMENT IS AN EFFORT TO PROPOSE, SHARE, AND DISCUSS BETTER SYSTEMS, WITH MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED INCENTIVES AND GOALS.
Current federal primary and secondary education funding represents approximately 2.4% of total collected federal income taxes. That amount is distributed via a variety of federal agencies and departments to fund specific programs (head start, school…
All well-designed systems share several features in common. These features exist on well-designed systems of any kind, whether systems of rules for games or sports, mechanical systems in the machines that power our everyday life,…