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Pink is rapidly acquiring international guru status . . . He is an engaging writer, who challenges and provokes. --Financial Times
These lessons are worth repeating, and if more companies feel emboldened to follow Mr. Pink's advice, then so much the better. --Wall Street Journal
Inspiring. --Guardian
As Dan Pink's new book Drive argues, financial incentives are no longer enough to give a business an edge: in an economy driven by ideas and creativity, it's more effective to give workers a sense of purpose, of mastery, of autonomy over their time and their tasks. Because the only certainty in the decade to come is that disruptive change is going to continue to catch out businesses that are unprepared.
--David Rowan, Daily Telegraph
These lessons are worth repeating, and if more companies feel emboldened to follow Mr. Pink's advice, then so much the better. --Wall Street Journal
Inspiring. --Guardian
As Dan Pink's new book Drive argues, financial incentives are no longer enough to give a business an edge: in an economy driven by ideas and creativity, it's more effective to give workers a sense of purpose, of mastery, of autonomy over their time and their tasks. Because the only certainty in the decade to come is that disruptive change is going to continue to catch out businesses that are unprepared.
--David Rowan, Daily Telegraph
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Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people - at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world. Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation, and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well-written, entertaining,
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This review is from: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
Is this a controversial statement to say that Daniel Pink writes as well as Malcolm Gladwell? Pink writes expressively and manages to find the human angle on everything, which makes research interesting and entertaining to read.I was a tad disappointed because the book does promise 'the surprising truth about what motivates us' but actually the truth isn't that surprising at all. Pink's conclusions that a few key factors are really important for helping us to feel motivated aren't very surprising. But I enjoyed the journey and reading the book (despite knowing that the conclusions were what we suspected all along!)
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Important ideas in a padded out book,
This review is from: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Paperback)
Summary: an important book that discusses an important topic. Everything is explained very well and laid out clearly. If you need to motivate people, whether that's employees, co-workers or even children, then you'll learn from this book.Sometimes I wish Amazon would allow you to give a book half a star. Because, if I could, I'd rate this book 3.5 out of 5 rather than 3 stars. It's a decent book that discusses an important topic - how and why people are motivated to do everything from the mundane to the marvelous. The basic argument presented by Pink - which he bases upon proper research - is that for simple, 'boring' tasks, such as manual work, human beings respond to financial rewards. So, if you pay me £10 per hour to shovel coal, I'll work harder for you than if you only paid me £5 (all things being equal). However, for more complex, professional managerial or 'white collar' activities, this model of pay and reward doesn't work. Indeed, it can be counter-productive and can damage motivation and productivity. To learn why you should buy the book :) The problem for me, is once you 'get' this main idea the book has few solid examples of how this theory has or could be applied. Pink is a great writer. He has a talent for summarising the complex. He does this so well early on the book that I felt he had to keep repeating himself. Whilst I don't mind an argument being reinforced, this one is so obvious once you're exposed to it, that I felt the book had become padded out towards the end. This is not to devalue the concepts presented. Absolutely not. I only wish more managers read this material and applied it. We'd all enjoy happier and more productive working lives if we did. Although it's easy for me to be an 'armchair critic', I didn't enjoy this work from Pink as much as I'd expected.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
autonomy, mastery and purpose - all you need for a good life,
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This review is from: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
The underlying theory of this book is that three ingredients make for a good and fulfilling life: autonomy, mastery and purpose. Pink produces an easy to read and compelling summary of the best research and literature on drive, motivation and happiness that will greatly enhance the understanding of the lay reader. There is also a toolkit designed to help you on your way, consisting of exercises such as running your own experiment to see what really makes you happy, deciding what 'your sentence' should be - i.e. one sentence that sums you up, or you hope will do in the future and a list of suggested further reading. All of it only makes the book more interactive and interesting. Thoroughly recommended.
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