In his best-selling book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell says that meaningful work requires three fundamental elements:
- autonomy
- complexity
- a proportionality between effort and reward
In his soon-to-be released book (Dec. 29,2009), Drive, Daniel Pink says that three crucial forces combine to motivate people:
- autonomy
- mastery
- purpose
It is interesting that both of these very intelligent men have come to some similar basic truths, each from their own vantage. Aren’t we fortunate that they share their ideas? We would do well to consider them seriously.