James Seechurn
Independent rewards advisor with 20 years of experience in sales compensation and broad-based pay, including a decade at Aon's Rewards Solutions practice. A Fellow Chartered Accountant, he is the author of What Pay Costs, Nothing Left to Take Away, and Close the Gap, and hosts the Disengaged podcast.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 1h 14min
Pay for Performance: How Compensation Becomes a System of Control | James A. Seechurn
James A. Seechurn is an independent rewards advisor, author, and accountant with 20 years in compensation design. He explores why pay-for-performance often becomes a system of control, from cobra bounties and billable hours to manipulated ratings and customer scores. They also discuss workplace democracy, Semco, decentralized organizations, and why innovation resists rigid metrics.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 58min
296 - Rethinking How we Pay People: James Seechurn (Author of 'What Pay Costs’ & ‘Nothing Left to Take Away’
James Seechurn, author and HR advisor on pay and performance design, explains why traditional pay-for-performance fails. He explores redefining performance as innovation. He highlights autonomy, competence, and relatedness as the conditions that unlock creative work. He contrasts culture and pay signals and discusses practical models like 3M, Google, and Semco.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 1h 36min
Everything You Know About Paying Fairly is Wrong | With What Pay Costs' Author James Seechurn
James Seechurn, author and advisor on pay design and reward systems, challenges common beliefs about compensation. He explores why firms fail to pay fairly, the pitfalls of merit cycles and competency frameworks, and the balance between chaos and control in startups. The conversation also covers employee ownership, participative pay models, career progression over small raises, and the future of work in an AI-driven, wage-stagnant world.
