Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
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What Kuhn exposed was the myth of a gradual and steady movement towards the truth. Instead, history reveals that in reality, theories begin to unravel until the old view is invalidated… requiring the popular “paradigm shift”… or quantum leap. Suddenly everyone is into the new way of thinking and pretending it all makes so much sense. Of course the world is round… don’t be so stupid! It’s easy to solve a puzzle once you are shown the answer.
Maybe it is time for such a shift around business and motivating those within it. For how long ago did the late Dr. Deming preach about intrinsic motivation within his “System of Profound Knowledge”? Why is it that even today, most of business just doesn’t get it?
One of the reasons has to do with what I call “The illusion of control”… Our prevailing management systems were designed when all you needed was minimal effort…. “Just get to work”… using your back or your hands... control those workers! Well now, most of our work is more complex and what we need is creativity and dedication… i.e. our minds and our hearts. The good manager of olden days was the taskmaster.
The new manager of today however needs to understand intrinsic motivation.. that great people are motivated by great work.. work that is meaningful to them and allows their individual talents to actualize... The great manager of today will understand that people are bounded by the overt and covert structures imposed by overly complex corporate systems and policies. It’s time to start over. We need a new model. The scientific management paradigm is incomplete. The jig is up! Our American corporate culture stinks!
The next generation of great management will be more like good farmers… tilling the soil… planting the right seeds… watering and feeding.. then watching things grow! The new paradigm is based on the science of emergence… More to come!
Chuck Wallace
Premier Mechanical Integrity
1) Posted 2:05 pm, 28 April 2010 by Chuck Wallace