Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation addresses the key ingredients to motivate and engage people.
Daniel started with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. At least if the skills required are more than technical based on even basic cognitive capabilities.
What is the better way to motivate people for tasks requiring cognitive skills then?
Dave's conclusion is: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose.
Autonomy: The urge to direct own life
Mastery: The desire to get better and better something that really matter to us
Purpose: The intent to do what we do in service of a larger something then our self
What's a good example of this? Google 20% time reserved by engineers to work at any projects they want. As outcomes 50% of the most successful innovative and rewarding ideas in Google, came out from this 20% time.
Autonomy, mastery, and purpose !!! If you want to know more then it's definitely worth going to watch this video.
