What Motivates and Drives Us
For those fans of Daniel Pink, here's some notes on a recent talk he gave at TED. Pink talks in depth about the things that motivate us including how business maybe getting it wrong when it comes to incentives and focus. There's also a video of the talk that is very interesting.
http://blog.ted.com/2009/07/dan_pink_at_ted.php
http://blog.ted.com/2009/07/dan_pink_at_ted.php
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Permalink Reply by Terrence Seamon on -
Nels,
That makes three of us that posted this talk by Dan Pink. But I think you were the first.
Good thoughts from Pink, especially his new model: Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose.
Terry
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