The Rethinking Work Show

Rethinking Compensation

Episode Summary

What if we stopped paying for time and started paying for outcomes? Matt Seiler, founder and CEO of Excelerators Inc., explores why traditional compensation models are breaking down in an AI-driven world, and how performance-based pay, better incentives, and a renewed focus on human value can reshape how we work, measure success, and reward impact.

Episode Notes

What if we stopped paying for time and started paying for outcomes? Matt Seiler, founder and CEO of Excelerators Inc., explores why traditional compensation models are breaking down in an AI-driven world, and how performance-based pay, better incentives, and a renewed focus on human value can reshape how we work, measure success, and reward impact.

Matt Seiler is the founder and CEO of Excelerators Inc., a company focused on helping organizations rethink talent, incentives, and performance in an AI-driven world. A three-time CEO in the advertising and media industry, Matt has spent more than two decades leading and transforming companies, and the last seven to eight years reimagining what effective talent management looks like today. He has played a key role in building and scaling tech-enabled marketplaces that connect people to work they are most energized to do and organizations to the talent best suited to deliver results. With Excelerators Inc., Matt is expanding that vision beyond individuals to help companies redesign how they structure teams, measure value, and reward performance. Known for his focus on performance-based compensation and the intersection of technology and human potential, Matt brings a practical and forward-looking perspective to the future of work.