Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
Summary:
Dan Pink explores the efficacy of rewards and punishment in the workplace — and the results are surprising. Differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, and different types of rewards, Pink explains why we need to rethink how we run our businesses, and how leaders can motivate more effectively.
Key Insights:
If you want people to preform better you incentivize them - right? Wrong, this often does the opposite because it narrows the focus of thinking.
If/then rewards are ineffective for abstract problems that require creative thinking. The best motivator is the intrinsic drive to do things that matter.
Management is an invention to maintain compliance. Engagement needs to be self directed. Pay people fairly and give them autonomy, mastery and purpose.
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