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Master These 5 Remarkable Strategies of Motivation and Go Straight to the Top

Master These 5 Remarkable Strategies of Motivation and Go Straight to the Top

By Mark Fidelman on January 25, 2012

According to a recent Gallup Poll, about a third of all U.S. workers are dissatisfied with either the recognition they receive, their chances for promotion, or the amount of money they earn. Worse, seventy-one percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work. Since most of us cannot change the economy, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged enterprise 2.0, gallup, michael wu, Miscellany, motivation, The Science of Social | 1 Response

Time Allocation > Goal Setting

Time Allocation > Goal Setting

By Chris Yeh on January 22, 2011

Every personal productivity guru preaches the importance of goal-setting. But of you’re like me, your problem isn’t a lack of goals. It’s a lack of time.I often feel like I have too many goals, all clamoring for my time. Setting all those goals becomes…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Goal setting, motivation, process, productivity, timemanagement | 3 Responses

Rewards and the Motivation Paradox

Rewards and the Motivation Paradox

By Chris Yeh on December 26, 2010

I’m finally getting around to reading Daniel Pink’s “Drive.” I had held off for a long time, figuring that I didn’t need to read someone else’s rehashing of Deci, since I’d already read the source material. I was wrong. Pink does a great job of synthesizing a number of different strands, including behavioral economics, Deci’s […]

Posted in Misc | Tagged book review, Dan Pink, management, motivation, psychology

Reputation and Game Mechanics Are the Future of Social Software

Reputation and Game Mechanics Are the Future of Social Software

By Hutch Carpenter on April 2, 2010

I still think that reputation and game mechanics are the future of social software. Tweet by Paul Pedrazzi, VP, Strategy & Innovation at Oracle Corporation What an intriguing, and provocative, statement by Paul Pedrazzi. At first blush, I can hear your thoughts…”What? C’mon!” Which is exactly how most innovations start. The reason it’s provocative is […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged dachis group, enterprise 2.0, foursquare, fun, game mechanics, motivation, repurank, reputation | 1 Response

Goal Setting Stimulates Employee Innovation

Goal Setting Stimulates Employee Innovation

By Hutch Carpenter on February 12, 2010

In a recent post on the Harvard Business Review blog, Why I Don’t Innovate at Work, Andrew O’Connell writes about some disturbing research: We relentlessly work to avoid “image risks,” to borrow a term from business researchers Feirong Yuan of the University of Kansas and Richard W. Woodman of Texas A&M. They use the phrase […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged employees, goals, innovation, motivation | 3 Responses

Organizations’ Innovation Dark Energy - Employee Motivations

Organizations’ Innovation Dark Energy – Employee Motivations

By Hutch Carpenter on December 9, 2009

Scientists estimate that 74% of the mass-energy of the universe is made up of dark energy. Dark energy is an expansive form of energy that fills the empty space between cosmological objects. Scientists know it’s there, but they can’t see it. Dark energy is a useful metaphor for understanding organizations’ challenge and opportunity in innovation. […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged dark matter, employees, innovation, motivation, science

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