Motivation – Carrot, stick or something else?

Daniel Pink, author of “A Whole New Mind”, has a new book out on motivation, “Drive”.  In it, he argues that material incentives don’t actually provide effective motivation – in fact, they may hurt performance.  This isn’t really new research (see Herzberg’s two-factor theory of the late 50’s early 60’s), but maybe a popular book like “Drive” can “drive” this more firmly into management theory, and, more importantly, practice.  Note how these practices relate to “Encouraging the Heart”.

Here is a TED Talk by Dan Pink:

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