Ted Talk 3 Dan Pink

            Daniel Pink introuduces the idea that those who are not motivated to begin with end up with better results than those who are not motivated. Daniel Pink brings up many scientific experiments agreeing with functional fixedness or no creativity. Those who are not given a reward always had a larger spectrum of focus and they were able to complete non-mechanical tasks without a clear path to the ending.  Extrinsic motivators (carrots & sticks) is valued in the 20th century; however, in the 21st century we live in now, the prominent motivator is intrinsic. The problem is we build our buisnesses around the simple candle problem with an extrinsic motivator and a clear path which does not work well. We need less mechanical skill and more cognitive skill since we lack even a rudimentary amount. Businesses need a new approach to that is built around intrinsic motivation including autonomy.  An example of this is 20% TIME where google created half of its products used while their workers had 20% of their time to create whatever they wanted. Also, ROWE, has no schedules or anything mandatory,but, workers just have to get their work done in their own way (productivity increased due to this). Another very valid example is Encarta vs. Wikipedia in which Encarta was expected to be the best and workers were paid. Wikipedia actually took the world by storm and no one was paid or anything! So, science knows intrinsive motivation and businesses need to bring up their workers in the same way. Pink presents his information using illustration of pictures of experiments to support his topic. He feels very strongly about his topic and he shows emotion during his talk as well. Pink also shows us how we need to broaden our perspective to reach foggy-goals. This Ted Talk helps me know that if a reward is offered to me if I complete a task then, I should not shut down my creative thinking and extrinsic motivators would not change my productivity. Education needs to produce successful students that have a balance of cognitive skill and mechanical skill. Times are changing and students need to be prepared for when they are adults and cognitive, creative skill will overshadow mechanical skill. (Preparing them for times where we don't know what to expect). The world itself is changing and is becoming a more creative-minded society and everyone needs to be prepared for this, so they can prosper. The 21st century brings much change in business and how society functions. If people are prepared to think outside the box they will be ready for times ahead.