Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Daniel Pink at TED: main issues

The candle problem, 1995, Carol Dunker of behavioral science. Attach the candle to the wall without spreading the wax. Functional fixedness for the box (experiment of Carl Dunker).
The power of incentives.
Offered motivation. Contingent motivations. What science knows and what business does.
Extrinsic motivations are right for last century approach.
When creativity is not the focus, incentives work (the candle problem for dummies), in Less brain work

For mechanical skills, rewards work.
For cognitive skills, larger reward takes to poorer performance. Bernd irlenbusch, LSE
If you want engagement, Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose.
Australian company that tell engineers some times a year to work on any thing they work. Fedex days: you have to deliver something overnight.

The candle problem, 1995, Carol Dunker of behavioral science. Attach the candle to the wall without spreading the wax. Functional fixedness for the box (experiment of Carl Dunker).
The power of incentives.
Offered motivation. Contingent motivations. What science knows and what business does.
Extrinsic motivations are right for last century approach.
When creativity is not the focus, incentives work (the candle problem for dummies), in Less brain work

For mechanical skills, rewards work.
For cognitive skills, larger reward takes to poorer performance. Bernd irlenbusch, LSE
If you want engagement, Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose.
Australian company that tell engineers some times a year to work on any thing they work. Fedex days: you have to deliver something overnight.