Drive

Richard Ryan, one of the behavioral scientists whose research figures prominently in Drive, thinks you might be, according to a recently released paper. But the reason for this “weekend effect” isn’t leisure, he says. It’s autonomy most of all — as well as the satisfaction that comes from emotional relationships.  On Saturdays and Sundays, he […]

The way ideas spread is pretty simple: Conversation by conversation. One engaged person talks with another engaged person — and out of that daisy chain of human interactions come new ways to navigate our lives. One of the best and most enduring forums for conversation is public radio. And in the past week, I’ve had […]

And so it begins. Today is the day that DRIVE officially launches.  Here’s what I know from previous books: These ideas will spread solely because of people like you — intelligent, forward-thinking, optimistic folks who know that the way the world really changes is conversation by conversation. If you’re up for the challenge, here are […]

(A “video excerpt” of Drive, created by the fantabulous Lindsey Testolin.)

Harvard professor Teresa Amabile, whose transformative work I describe in Drive, has a fascinating piece in the (newly revamped) Harvard Business Review, which is just hitting newsstands. Amabile tracked the day-to-day activities and motivations of several hundred workers over a few years and found that their greatest motivation isn’t external incentives, but something different: Making […]

The year and the decade are coming to an end (three cheers for that!), which means that many people are now contemplating their New Year’s resolutions. If you’re among those folks, there’s one resolution I hope you’ll consider for your office: Radically revamping performance reviews. New Year’s resolutions and performance reviews actually have a lot […]

FINAL UPDATE (12/28; 1:30pm, EST): Okay. We’re full — actually, more than full. Thanks for the great response! In the early evening of December 22, I announced that as a thank-you to the thousands of you who have pre-ordered Drive, I’d be offering a free New Year’s Day teleseminar for 500 people. The response has […]

To celebrate the arrival of 2010 and to thank the astonishing number of you who are pre-ordering Drive (the number of early orders already beats the monthly sales of AWNM‘s debut!), I am offering a free, exclusive New Year’s Day teleseminar. To participate, simply email the receipt for your Drive order to [email protected]. You’ll be […]

The official rollout for the new book is still a few weeks away—but for those who are interested, we’ve posted the Drive tour dates. As you’ll see, it’s a grueling schedule. So if you make it to any of these events, feel free bring me a cup of coffee, a can of Red Bull, or […]

Management scholar Henry Mintzberg has a provocative solution to the problem of executive bonuses: Don’t trim or tweak them. Get rid of them altogether. In a persuasive and clear-eyed essay in a special section of the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Mintzberg says that no matter how you configure bonuses, they create twisted incentives […]