Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Here, in twenty fantastic minutes, Dan Pink explains what’s so darn wrong with the way most companies (try to) motivate knowledge workers like me.

In a nutshell: incentives work great for simple, no-brainer, obvious tasks (like assembly line work), but fail miserably when tasks require even a minimum of creativity or problem-solving.

Want to make knowledge workers work harder, faster, and longer? Tell them what you need to achieve, why you need to achieve it, and by when … and then get out of the way.

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Here, in twenty fantastic minutes, Dan Pink explains what’s so darn wrong with the way most companies (try to) motivate knowledge workers like me.

In a nutshell: incentives work great for simple, no-brainer, obvious tasks (like assembly line work), but fail miserably when tasks require even a minimum of creativity or problem-solving.

Want to make knowledge workers work harder, faster, and longer? Tell them what you need to achieve, why you need to achieve it, and by when … and then get out of the way.

Posted via web from Mark’s posterous

Mark McElroy

I'm a husband, mystic, writer, media producer, creative director, tinkerer, blogger, reader, gadget lover, and pizza fiend.

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