“The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things.” WayLightSpaceKnowingTeacherWeekChangedDrawsShadowNegativeDrawingProportionNot KnowingPortraitsSpace BetweenSketchingLight And ShadowNegative Space Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Newtonian physics runs into problems at the subatomic level. Down there--in the land of hadrons, quarks, and Schrödinger's cat--things gent freaky. The cool rationality of Isaac Newton gives way to the bizarre unpredictability of Lewis Carroll.” WayGivingProblemRunningLevelsLandCatPhysicsRationalityBizarreNewtonIsaacUnpredictabilityFreakyQuarksGents Author:Daniel H. Pink
“While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night.” WayLittlesMightNightToo MuchDemandOfficeSurvivalStrategyMeetingsFormerFulfillmentLatterSatisfyingEngagementClassroomCompliancePersonal FulfillmentComplying Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders." --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company” WorldWayGivingFeelsBelieveRunningI BelieveCompanyLeaderPoetExpressionReaderTomorrowDrawsOriginalsManagersDigitalMidstThinkerContemplatingCeoComponentsBusiness LeadersNew Business Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work.” PeopleWayMindUseLeadershipCreativeIssuesTablesBest WayFostering Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Most of what we know about sales comes from a world of information asymmetry, where for a very long time sellers had more information than buyers. That meant sellers could hoodwink buyers, especially if buyers did not have a lot of choices or a way to talk back.” IfsKnowsWorldWayMindLongChoicesLeadershipInformationLong TimeSellersBuyersAsymmetry Author:Daniel H. Pink
“I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingTryingMindBookCausesLeadershipGreaterSatisfactionModestWriting A Book Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Now it's easy for someone to set up a storefront and reach the entire world in very modest ways. So these technologies that we thought would dis-intermediate traditional sellers gave more people the tools to be sellers. It also changed the balance of power between sellers and buyers.” PeopleWorldWayMindEasyLeadershipTechnologyChangedBalanceToolsTraditionalModestSellersBuyersBalance Of Power Author:Daniel H. Pink
