What motivates people?

Thanks again to blogger friend Pat H. from Successful Teaching who has alerted me to …

This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Daniel Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.  In the talk Pink explains why larger financial rewards don’t always, in fact rarely, equal better performances on tasks. Pink’s idea that innovation should be rewarded more than performance on a standard task.

What motivates us at home and in the workplace? from Creating a Path for Learning in the 21st Century by bgaskins

So, how would you like to be compensated for your work? What work would you like to do so much that you would do it for free if you already had enough money to live? Leave a comment.

[As always, in my author quotes, the underlines, color changes, and bold type is mine, not the author’s!]

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