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.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
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Retail Sales in Jan rose .4% headline m/o/m, .7% ex auto's, .6% ex auto's and gasoline and .7% at the core. The headline figure was less than expected while the rest were slightly better. But, with respect to non headline sales, because Dec figures were revised lower, taking the two months together were about in line with forecasts overall. Sales rose in electronics, building materials, food/beverages, clothing, sporting goods, dept stores and restaurant/bars and fell interestingly for online retailers, health/personal care, furniture and motor vehicle/parts. Bottom line, headline sales were below expectations due to the greater than expected fall m/o/m...
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September 9th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
IMHO this is a great vidclip that will really get you thinking.
Beyond that it calls into serious question that entire Wall St. compensation strategy and culture.
It also raises the question for some innovative financial entrepreneur how much better a financial firm designed, engineered and built around a different cultural “operating system” might do outperforming the ossified and sclerotic dinosaurs that are there.
So for all the mid-size boutiques looking to be the next Lehman, Cerberus or Citadel he’s an entirely new set of design principles that could give you a competitive advantage. Only this time make money, keep it, not destroy the system and do well and do good.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Great video, I have to spend more time on the social side of life.
This also a good talk, gotta love Hans:
Let my dataset change your mindset
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_at_state.html
All right some tech videos also:
Engineering and Earth Systems: Can We Educate a New Breed of Engineers?
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/374
Great talk from bridge engineer: “Engineering for the Ecological Age:
Lessons from History”
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/673
September 10th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Roll over Wall Street!