Yet Another TED.com talk

This one is by Daniel Pink, a career analyst, who "examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward."
 
I loved the beginning of the talk, where he gets into research by behavioural psychologists. About 12 minutes in, he talks about intrinsic motivation, which he describes as a "new operating system which revolves around three elements" which are:

• Autonomy: "the urge to direct our own lives"
• Mastery: "the desire to get better and better at something that matters"
• Purpose: "the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves"

I love TED.com  :)