Drive by Dan Pink
“Compliance will get you through the day, but only engagement will get you through the night”.
The centre piece of Dan’s book is built around this idea – extrinsic motivators are not good enough when navigating through unchartered waters. Intrinsic motivators are indispensable in todays world, with ever changing boundaries where unless you are the one who is redefining the limitations or closely following the leader, you have little chance of survival.
Dan has pointed at the gap between what science knows and what businesses do (businesses continue to concentrate on extrinsic motivators – carrot or the stick, the intangible is beyond the reach for most of them). Probably that is why Apple, Ideo have remained way apart and now Ford is also entering the same league.
Every manager have asked this question – How do I motivate my people, probably a better question to ask is what motivates people in this changed world, where the quest is not just for money, but for a meaninful existence too.
A great read
