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... In a ROWE* people don't have schedules.They show up when they want.They don't have to be in the office at certain time, or anytime.They just have to get their work done.How they do it ?When they d...

Daniel H. Pink

... In a ROWE* people don't have schedules.They show up when they want.They don't have to be in the office at certain time, or anytime.They just have to get their work done.How they do it ?When they d...

Tags: autonomy, efficiency, effictiveness, engagementm satisfaction, job, mastery, motivation, office, productivity, purpose

While complying can be an effective strategyfor physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those incontrol....

Daniel H. Pink

While complying can be an effective strategyfor physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those incontrol....

Tags: classroom, compliance, engagement, fulfillment, survival, workplace

About Author
Daniel H. Pink (born July 23, 1964) is an American author. He has written seven New York Times bestsellers. He was a host and a co-executive producer of the National Geographic Channel social science TV series Crowd Control. From 1995 to 1997, he was the chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know wher...

Daniel H. Pink

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know wher...

Tags: survival, purpose, people

Autonomy isn't the opposite of accountability - it's the pathway to it.

Daniel H. Pink

Autonomy isn't the opposite of accountability - it's the pathway to it.

Tags: motivation

One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and whatpeople can do. When what they must do exceeds their capabilities, the result is anxiety. When wh...

Daniel H. Pink

One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and whatpeople can do. When what they must do exceeds their capabilities, the result is anxiety. When wh...

Tags: anxiety, boredom, capacity, flow, work

Never argue. To win an argument is to lose a sale.

Daniel H. Pink

Never argue. To win an argument is to lose a sale.

Tags: argument, persuasion, sales

The quality of the problem that is found is a forerunner of the quality of the solution that is attained. It is in fact the discovery and creation of problems rather than any superior knowledge, techn...

Daniel H. Pink

The quality of the problem that is found is a forerunner of the quality of the solution that is attained. It is in fact the discovery and creation of problems rather than any superior knowledge, techn...

Tags: persuasion, problem finding, sales

The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science research on perspective-taking yields some important lessons for all of u...

Daniel H. Pink

The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science research on perspective-taking yields some important lessons for all of u...

Tags: perspective, research, sales

Typically, if you reward something, you get more of it. You punish something, you get less of it. And our businesses have been built for the last 150 years very much on that kind of motivational schem...

Daniel H. Pink

Typically, if you reward something, you get more of it. You punish something, you get less of it. And our businesses have been built for the last 150 years very much on that kind of motivational schem...

Tags: reward, you, kind

Newtonian physics runs into problems at the subatomic level. Down there--in the land of hadrons, quarks, and Schrödinger's cat--things gent freaky. The cool rationality of Isaac Newton gives way to th...

Daniel H. Pink

Newtonian physics runs into problems at the subatomic level. Down there--in the land of hadrons, quarks, and Schrödinger's cat--things gent freaky. The cool rationality of Isaac Newton gives way to th...

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln BY DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN

Daniel H. Pink

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln BY DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN