My new discovery: Dan Pink

A topic I think a lot about is what motivates people to action. For some crazy reason, I’ve thought of this separately from this blog, but no more. Motivating people is what we are all trying to do. Especially those of us in New Media. So imagine my joy yesterday when I happened across someone who thinks smartly about such things to the point of writing books on them and doing TED talks on the subject.

Enter, Dan Pink.

Since yesterday I’ve been reading his blog, watching his presentations, and probably going to go buy a few of his books.

Non-monetary motivation. This is the thing everyone is striving for. Some have figured it out, i.e. Farmville. I play a game on my Droid called Pirate Wars. The game was free, but I’ve put more money into it than any other paid app from the Marketplace. Motivation.

So I’ve broken the ice about this topic here. I expect to have plenty more to say.

Watch Dan’s TED talk.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y[/youtube]