DANIEL PINK:

The Puzzle of Motivation

DANIEL PINK

is an American journalist and Author who at one point was the chief speechwriter for Al Gore

IN DANIEL’S TALK TITLED

THE PUZZLE OF MOTIVATIONHe mainly spoke about how rewarded work versus non rewarded work had a different outcome than you’d think, about

what you did if you really MOTIVATEDpeople

He said his talk was a case, because he

wanted to prove FACTS.

Dan made this point apparent, and to relate and make the audience understand with the example of

THE CANDLE PROBLEM

A subject is put into a room with the above items. The goal was to attach the candle to the wall so that the wax would not drip on the table. With different methods tried, the left image was the solution

This experiment was conducted with incentives, one group was told to solve as fast as possible. The other was told that if they were in the top 25% of fastest times, you get $5. If you’re the fastest, you get $20.

The incentivized group tookAbout 3 minutes LONGER

Dan maintained the audience’s attention by using hand gestures, and really annunciating himself

MAINTED EYE CONTACT AND RELATED

To the audience to make them feel part of the talk

4/5Dan was really dynamic , he really extend his voice and was very animated to keep interesting

DYNANISM RATING:

Dan kept his story, or his case as he called it, flowing by making it a story

HE NEVER STOPPED ENGAGING THE AUDIENCE

Like Nancy Duarte, he was constantly engaging his audience with visuals, with facts, and kept his talk flowing into one huge point

Between Dan Pink and Sir Ken Robinson, both used a lot of humor to keep the audience entertained They both were VERY animated and just interesting to keep watching because of how into their speech they wereDan had a lot of love for his topic, and had ample information to back up everything he was saying and overall the control of his voice emphasizing the things that needed to be was spot on

After watching Dan’s TED Talk, you can learn a lot on his delivery

LOVE YOUR SUBJECT AND BE ANIMATEDKeep your tone of voice interesting, and really emphasize your points, and make a joke everyone can understand and relate to

The advice to take from Dan’s talk over all…

Be passionate of what you’re talking about! Don’t be motivated by the “you have to do it attitude” or reward yourself for doing it

Keep your creative freedom with what you want to speak about, or you’ll only be focused on the ‘have-to’s’ and only narrow your mind to what you can do with your speec

“There’s a mismatch between what science knows and what business does…”

“20th century motivators work, but only in a surprisingly narrow band of circumstances”

“If than rewards often destroy creativity”

“Secret to high performance isn’t rewards and punishments, it’s autonomy “