Bestselling author and former Al Gore speechwriter uncovers what creates satisfaction in our work and lives through three motivational elements. Pink lays the foundations of human motivation by psychologists Harry Harlow and Edward Deci. Harlow believes that performing a task can be its own reward, and Deci dug deeper into motivation to find that people have an “intrinsic tendency to seek novelty and challenge, to extend and exercise their abilities to explore and learn.” Pink draws on four decades of scientific research to challenge companies and institutions to commit to a new model of performance improvement. Traditionally, motivation has been defined by biological and reward/punishment drives. Both indicate the carrot at the end of a stick or someone wielding the stick. According to Pink, these methods of motivation are obsolete for the following reasons:1. They can extinguish intrinsic motivation.2. May decrease performance.3. They can crush creativity.4. They can exclude good behavior.5. They can encourage cheating and cutting corners...