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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't:
  • One: Those 20th century rewards those motivators we think are a natural part of business, do work, but only in a surprisingly narrow band of circumstances.
  • Two: Those if-then rewards often destroy creativity.
  • Three: The secret to high performance isn't rewards and punishments, but that unseen intrinsic drive. The drive to do things for their own sake. The drive to do things cause they matter.


I also recommend this second video from Dan Pink. It is short with a really clever white board drawing.


History:
11/4/09 : First publish
05/29/10:  Add RSA video
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