Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

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Comment by j.s.shekar on September 4, 2009 at 1:24am

i found dan's talk - or rather "case presentation" - rather ironical and intriguing..his revelation of what incentivising does in actual fact was thought provoking...in my little experience, i hv found participative engagement reaps in better teamwork, increases motivation than incentivising...though we did not follow this based on any factual finding by scientists, but purely as a matter of noticing the ground reality of what kept working better, but to be honest the "hey lets incentivise for better results" kept tempting us often...and now dan's presentation appears pretty ironical and without doubt increases our belief of an alternate engagement strategy than a conventional belief. it is intriguing becoz i hv come across several organisations actually indicating a positive benefit of incentivising and then - no one's complained !! so, yes, it can be a good starter to rethink strategies of human management ! thanks for posting the video !!! cheers...

Comment by George Reavis on September 3, 2009 at 8:38pm

For Daniel Pink fans I recently discovered he did a two-part interview series with Oprah Winfrey, not for her tv show but for her 'Soul Series' program on satellite radio. Using the following link you can either listen or watch the interviews - http://www.oprah.com/article/spirit/inspiration/20080929_oaf_oss_dpink . Good stuff

Comment by Virgil Bawits on September 3, 2009 at 12:41pm

Yes, yes, yes. A clear sign of (hopefully) a new awakening...

Comment by Shereen Qutob-Cabral on August 30, 2009 at 1:31pm

Absolutely LOVED it! Huge fan of Dan Pink! When will our organizations awaken from their archaic comas?!

Comment by Jason Scott on August 26, 2009 at 7:31am

Oh my. There is a lot of food for thought there. Especially since an end of year performance bonus is a big part of our system.