c.Figallo » Dan Pink http://www.cfigallo.com Web Community Media Wed, 12 May 2010 01:56:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The mismatch between what science knows and what business does http://www.cfigallo.com/2009/10/the-mismatch-between-what-science-knows-and-what-business-does/ http://www.cfigallo.com/2009/10/the-mismatch-between-what-science-knows-and-what-business-does/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:56:42 +0000 cfigallo http://www.cfigallo.com/?p=1173 In this presentation, Dan Pink at the TED conference in July 2009, makes the case that traditional carrot-and-stick incentives only work in a narrow range of business applications, and that what truly motivates workers to do better and to be more loyal are:

  • autonomy
  • mastery
  • purpose

Indeed, using social media as a business tool, in providing the means to communicate and share at a social rather than mechanical level, offers some of these rewards.

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