If you have high quality people working on a project, and you are already paying them “plenty of money,” you can increase thier productivity by spending money to make sure they aren’t wasting any of thier 24 hours/day doing things they don’t want to do. People are reluctant to spend “thier own” money to hire a driver/maid/personal secretary/errand boy full time, but those are things that can be provided as an in-lind transfer. We know it works, because that’s what Hollywood does: the star actors and directors have legions of assistants who anticipate and fulfil thier needs so the talent can focus on the task.
My 2 cents:
If you have high quality people working on a project, and you are already paying them “plenty of money,” you can increase thier productivity by spending money to make sure they aren’t wasting any of thier 24 hours/day doing things they don’t want to do. People are reluctant to spend “thier own” money to hire a driver/maid/personal secretary/errand boy full time, but those are things that can be provided as an in-lind transfer. We know it works, because that’s what Hollywood does: the star actors and directors have legions of assistants who anticipate and fulfil thier needs so the talent can focus on the task.