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  • This is why Open Source software is ruling the modern era

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin

    “The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.”

  • These are the building blocks of Motivation 3.0

    Motivation 3.0 is a term coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive to highlight the new human operating system prevalent in modern day businesses based on creativity , innovation..This hinges around intrinsic motivation and the following three notable components..

    Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives.

    Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters.

    Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves.

    These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.

  • Motivation 3.0 is all about such people

    Motivation 3.0 is all about intrinsic motivation and coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive

    The following quote by Seth Godin talks about the kind of people who will mint money in the modern age of Motivation 3.0

    “The only people who get paid enough, get paid what they’re worth, are people who don’t follow the instruction book, who create art, who are innovative, who work without a map. That option is now available to everyone, so take it”

  • This quote explains the prominence of Open Source Community

    Dan Pink in his book Drive mentions about the fact that Motivation 3.0 is based on intrinsic motivation..

    This explains the reason why in the age of knowledge worker more and more people are willing to work towards a cause without being solely motivated by money..

    The same has been endorsed by Dan Ariely in his book Predictably Irrational as confirmed by the following quote..

    “There are many examples to show that people will work more for a cause than for cash.”

  • This quote endorses intrinsic motivation

    Intrinsic motivation is central to Motivation 3.0 as mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book Drive..

    The following great quote of Seth Godin endorses the fact that intrinsic motivation is here to stay in the modern era:

    “The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.”

  • IQ or EQ, what complements intrinsic motivation?

    IQ or Intelligence Quotient is related to Performance.Intelligence alone can be able to do things that are already known in a more efficient manner.

    For doing “left brain” algorithmic tasks for which very less of collaboration and brain storming is needed , extrinsic motivation based rewards work as the best solution.

    For doing right brain oriented work where collaboration and brain storming is the most essential pre-requisite intrinsic motivation acts as the catalyst for getting desired results.

    Hence for doing right brain oriented work , EQ or emotional quotient which relies on trustworthiness in a person’s character is the most essential quality that is required.

    Hence intrinsic motivation acts a a catalyst for ones who are high on emotional quotient(EQ)

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

  • How to tactfully apply motivational principles to encourage both “Left & “Right brain” work?

    For left brain , dreary , routine bound work ideally Carrot and Stick based motivation has been historically used to drive results..

    IF-THEN awards for giving the necessary behavior and punishment by prohibiting non compliance has been very successful in the age of industrial revolution.

    Now that we know that in the modern age of creativity and innovation , “Right Brain” work needs to be stimulated by means of intrinsic motivational techniques.The primary focus of such a technique is autonomy , mastery and a sense of purpose.

    Daniel Pink in his book Drive has gone a step further and mentioned that Motivation 3.0 can be applied to routine bound work as well by being transparent about the kind of work , the end goal that is desired and preferably shifting from IF-THEN to NOW-THAT rewards with sufficient in person praise and feedback.

  • What is the driver behind creating “B corporations”?

    B Corporation is a designation that requires companies to amend their bylaws so that the incentives favor long term value and social impact instead of short term economic gain.

    The creation of such a corporation bears ample testimony to the fact that modern day human beings are driven by intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic short term rewards.

    Daniel Pink makes a  mention of the same in his book Drive

    For more details on B Corporation please refer to the following link from Wikipedia..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation

  • How to offer praise to trigger intrinsic motivation?

    The following 4 ways mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book Drive explain us how to offer praise in order to ensure that intrinsic motivation based behavior is triggered to encourage creativity and innovation at workplaces:

    1. Praise EFFORT , STRATEGY and NOT INTELLIGENCE
    2. Make PRAISE SPECIFIC
    3. PRAISE in PRIVATE
    4. Offer PRAISE only when there is a GOOD REASON for it

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

  • The DNA of a “intrinsically motivated” approach

    The key ingredients of a Type I driven intrinsically motivated approach to stimulate creativity and innovation in the modern day of the knowledge worker are as follows:

    1. Create an environment that makes people feel good about participating
    2. Give users requisite autonomy
    3. Keep the system as open as possible

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive