Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Motivation

Motivate them...” It was an off the cuff remark from one of my students, but it stopped me cold. I stopped the presentation (Training and Development) and said “It’s time for Prof. Wright’s talk on motivation. “ Now, if you have not had the pleasure of listening to me:

A) go on and on and on about motivation and/or


B) talk about why Intrinsic motivation is so powerful and/or


C) say “You can’t motivate anyone to do anything, but you can influence and sway their behavior by changing their environment”


or you don’t believe any of it this, take a look at this great YouTube clip:

Did You Know 4.0...

If you watched the original 'Shift happens' video, you may be interested to know that a newly updated version, Did You Know 4.0 has now been released. It tends to focus on convergence, rise of social media, fall of traditional sources and comes with lots of facts and figures (with citations!). It's certainly interesting and I assigned it to my class. Always thought provoking…