Drive : The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)

from paulsignorelli

Daniel Pink, as always, is a wonderful storyteller who reintroduces us to others we have read, brings unfamiliar sources to our attention, and, in the process, makes us look at the world a little differently than we would without his own special focus. "Drive" carries us into the world of motivat...

from haridasi

A good book about motivation based upon research in the field. It tells us about the primary characteristics that needs to be present in our private and work life to bring about motivation (and pleasure/happiness) and how we can find/look for these characteristics ourselves.

from StephenBarkley

I'm torn about how to write this review. I think I'll have to proceed with two perspectives: 1. The Idea. Despite the mild hyperbole in the subtitle ("The Surprising Truth"), the thesis of Pink's book is inspirational and well-grounded. Motivating people with sticks and carrots doesn't work like ...

from cameling

What motivates individuals in the workplace? Corporations generally believe that monetary rewards or promises of promotions are what motivates the employees. What Daniel Pink discovers through research conducted by a number of respected organizations and the academia, is that this is not necessar...

from jgrann

Fine high-level summary and collection of some important works that should be more widely applied. I liked the continual citation of relevant basic research in psychology and the gap of applying this work to practice. The work could have been strengthened by updating the literature review and cut...