Career analyst Dan Pink 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.

With a trio of influential bestsellers, Dan Pink has changed the way companies view the modern workplace. In the pivotal “A Whole New Mind”, Pink identifies a sea change in the global workforce… the shift of an information-based corporate culture to a conceptual base! Where creativity and big-picture design dominates the landscape.

A contributing editor for Wired, Pink is working on a new book on the science and economics of motivation for release in late 2009.

“Pink has a knack for teaching in such an entertaining way that you’ll forget you are learning.” — Lexi Feinberg, Forbes.com

Here’s his amazing motivational talk

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