Tag Archives: Motivation
The Power of Yet
A twelve minute talk by given at a local TEDx event by Carol S. Dweck, a leading researcher in the field of motivation and the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford. Capabilities for problem sol...
Read MoreThe Lean-Fitness Analogy
A teaching aid originally developed in the Lean Enterprise Research Centre for use in lean oriented courses for practitioners and employees. It presents a comparison of going lean with getting fit and aims to communic...
Read MoreMoral Behaviour in Animals
A great TED Talk video, Examining empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavior...
Read MoreThe Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
A ten minute infographic talk by Dan Pink describing the hidden truths behind what really motivates us – not money and power, but our desire for autonomy, mastery and purpose.
Read MoreWhy We Do What We Do
A TED Talk. Life coach and motivational speaker, Tony Robbins, explains why he’s not interested in motivating people at all, but rather helping them understand why they do what they do and the “invisible forces”...
Read MoreThe Puzzle of Motivation
A TED talk in which Dan Pink brings discusses motivation and suggests new ways of approaching this managerial task. He challenges the role of incentives – bonuses, commissions, etc – to make people perfo...
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