Understanding the nature of the task is the first step to understanding what motivates us. Tasks are either: (1) Algorithmic-you pretty much do the same thing over and over in a certain way, or (2) Heuristic-you have to come up with something new every time because there are no set instructions to follow. There’s instead a difference, the author states, between the way we approach these. Part of this is because we assume all tasks at work are the same.

Much of what we (assume) we know around motivation as managers, is therefore wrong. The book key idea focuses on the gap existing between how Motivation is treated in the workplace and the results of social science research that shows that instead, most assumptions are seriously flawed. It was suggested to me by a colleague, and thus my recent reading. Leaders for Humanity with Carol Sanford: The Regenerative Paradigm- Creating A Better Future for Allĭrive, the surprising truth of what motivates us by Daniel Pink, is a book published already 10 years ago, but that still scores high on Amazon’s bestsellers.Leaders for Humanity with Alejo Sison: Happiness and Virtue Ethics in Business.Leaders for Humanity with Bruno Frey: Happiness and Economics.Leaders for Humanity with Blaine Fowers: An Emergent Theory of Natural Ethics.Leaders for Humanity with Hari Tsoukas: Bridging Morality and Management.I am an experienced and innovative HR professional dedicated to improving the way organizations achieve results through their people. The Top 25 Management Books according to meĭigital Knowmad | Multipotentialite | HR Leader | Transformation Agent | Future of Work thinker | On a mission to re-embed Human into HR.Change Management: The 10 Best Approaches & Models.Organisation Models: a Reasoned List between Old and New.Operating Models: the theory and the practice.Strategy Frameworks: The Theory and the Practice.Business Models: the theory and practice.Introducing the Organisation Evolution Framework.Insights on Work, Organisation Design, Experience, Leadership and Change.

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