Ted Talk #3.Daniel Pink

I think that Daniel Pink has a very good theory on why carrots and sticks do not work in the long run. I think that his theory on this is a good and positive one, but this idea is not in close view to our own society. I think that America very much believes that if you do your best you get rewarded and if you do not perform well enough you get punishes. Even though i do enjoy the concept of everybody working when they want and on whatever they want, I do not think that We will achieve it in our society anytime soon.

I think that a lot of the examples he gave were every interesting as to why the "carrots and sticks" theory does not work. The one that stuck out the most was the candle challenge. I think it is very interesting how when a reward was present, the group took longer to figure out the solution. It is true that when people do not have the solution right in front of them, they can panic. It is true that once the thumbtacks were out of the box they knew exactly what the solution was. But before hand their lack of creativity was holding them back from the solution.

I also enjoyed how he mentioned how the society we live in and they way we do things kills our creativity. I hope that someday people will realize the full potential that the human race is capable of when they are at their full creativity capacity. Over all he gave his presentation in a well mannered way. He was able to grab the audience attention and hold it through out his presentation. He uses humor and visual aids to assist in making his point. I enjoyed what he had to say, and hope that his view will effect other people.