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Tag: Intrinsic Motivation

  • Seven Deadly Flaws of ‘Carrot & Stick” Method

    The seven deadly flaws of the “Carrot and Stick” method are:

    1. They can extinguish INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
    2. They can DIMINISH PERFORMANCE
    3. They can CRUSH CREATIVITY
    4. They can crowd out GOOD BEHAVIOR
    5. They can encourage cheating , shortcuts and unethical behavior
    6. They can become addictive
    7. They can foster short term thinking

    Adopted from the book “Drive” by Daniel Pink

  • “Carrot Stick” driven motivation vs “Intrinsic”?motivation – Interesting takeaways from Dan Pink’s “Drive”

    Carrot stick based motivation kills creativity and focuses absolutely in the short term to satisfy selfish motives.

    Intrinsic motivation which cares for an overarching purpose rather than being driven by money , nurtures creativity and stands the test of time.

    Once the sense of purpose is realised human brain loves intrinsic motivation to achieve fulfilment.

  • Biological urge , reward & punishment as motivational factors – How relevant are these in the modern age?

    Intrinsic motivation wherein challenge I’m being able to a piece of work and joy in sharing it with others does motivate human beings in the modern era.

    Look at Apache , Linux , Hadoop , git etc. and related communities where participants are engrossed in participating in sharing ideas and we can understand the power of intrinsic motivation as a major driver in the modern age.

    This necessitates shifting focus from traditional modes of motivational factors.

  • MSN Encarta vs Wikipedia – Changing human motivation drivers

    “Drive” by Dan Pink uses this example very aptly to prove that historical economical principles that place rewards and punishment as a very important factor for motivation falls flat when it comes to “intrinsic motivation” as a major driver in the modern age open source frameworks for e.g. Wikipedia ,Apache etc. where contributors feel intrinsically motivated without feeling the need of money.