Nov 14, 2025

Incentivize

• Incentivize means to motivate people to take a specific action by offering a reward or benefit.

How do I remember it?

• Think of it as adding an incentive to make someone do something.

Real world example

• A tech company wants its software engineers to finish a major feature before the end of the quarter.

To motivate them, the company offers a $12,000 completion bonus if the feature ships on time.

• This means the company is incentivizing the engineers!

Incentive → The $12,000 bonus

Action → Engineers work efficiently to meet the deadline

Business goal → ship the feature quickly and stay competitive!