DRIVE The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel Pink hypothesizes that everything we think about motivation may be wrong. Using research into psychology, specifically the effects of rewards to inducement, Pink takes apart what we think we know about the carrot and the stick. Pink comes across as the able public speaker he is, delivering his material smoothly and clearly, with good attention to inflection, clarity, and enthusiasm for his subject. He makes the material easy to take in. Though listeners may not be ready to throw out everything they’ve believed thus far about motivation, Pink offers up some eye-opening statistics that will inspire a healthy debate on the topic. D.G. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2010]