Chapter 24. What Drives Motivation in the Modern Workplace?

According to researcher Dan Pink, workers of the future will rely on their ____, which is more likely to make them good at:

Left brain; spreadsheets.

Right brain; art.

Left brain; art.

Right brain; spreadsheets.

According to researcher Dan Pink, workers are better motivated by _____ such as _____.

Non-material incentives; autonomy

Material incentives; small sums of money

Non-material incentives; small sums of money

Material incentives; large sums of money

When Maury Weinstein of System Source dropped sales incentives in 1994:

Sales grew and productivity decreased.

Sales grew and productivity increased.

Sales declined and productivity decreased.

Sales declined and productivity increased.

Examples of “open source” products that were mentioned in the video include:

Google Chrome and Wikipedia.

Firefox and Wikipedia.

Linux and Wikipedia.

Firefox and Urban Dictionary.

According to the video:

Material incentives provide an incentive to focus on the long term at the expense of the short term.

Non-material incentives provide an incentive to focus on the long term at the expense of the short term.

Material incentives provide an incentive to focus on the short term at the expense of the long term.

Non-material incentives provide an incentive to focus on the short term at the expense of the long term.

“Incorrect” solutions to the challenge described in the video routinely fail to make use of which item?

The box.

The matches.

The thumbtacks.

The candle.