Posts Tagged ‘TED conference’

The mismatch between what science knows and what business does

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.