Carrots and sticks does not work. Purpose does.......

Most of our motivation gets stuck at the workplace. Dan Pink and the author of “Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us” tries to look into the correlation of work, extrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and performance. He debunks the equation between higher rewards and better performance. The solution is in intrinsic motivation and purpose – to do things that matter.  As he says, that’s why Microsoft’s Encarta didn’t succeed whereas another encyclopedia where people volunteered for free was a raging success. Guess the name before you click on Play.