daniel pink’s latest book, drive, has received a lot of attention regarding the surprising science behind motivation.  i have yet to read it but i probably will (as soon as i get a vacation…ha).  in this ted talk, daniel explains many of the core ideas within his book.  he leaves us with these three lessons as he argues that we need to repair the mismatch between what science knows and what business does:

1. 20th century rewards (those motivators we think are the natural part of business) do work, but only in a surprisingly narrow band of circumstances
2. if/then rewards often destroy creativity
3. the secret to high peformance is not reward/punishment but the unseen intrinsic drive (the drive to do things for their own sake – because they matter)

• Tags
• ·
• creativity
• ·
• daniel pink
• ·
• drive
• ·
• extrinsic
• ·
• intrinsic
• ·
• motivation
• ·
• rewards
• ·
• ted