3/30/2010
Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us
Daniel H. Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world of work. AmCham invited the members, together with the U.S. Embassy, to an After Work workshop to meet Daniel Pink at Mannheimer Swartling in Stockholm. The U.S. Ambassador Matthew Barzun made the introduction and an inspiring presentation followed.
Dan Pink's latest book - Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - uses 40 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance. Drive currently ranks #12 on the New York Times list and over the next year it will in 13 other languages. Daniel Pink says in Drive: The secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home-is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Photos by Rob Nelson
A free agent himself, Dan held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speech writer to Vice President Al Gore. He also worked as an aide to U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and in other positions in politics and government. He received a BA, with honors, from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD from Yale Law School. To his lasting joy, he has never practiced law. Dan lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and their three children.
Daniel Pink signs his latset book for Victoria Karlsson, Hay Group AB
For more information see http://www.danpink.com/about Would you like to buy Daniel Pink's book - go to www.bookhouse.se
