Motivation revamped: A summary of Daniel H. Pink’s new theory of what motivates us

By Jevita Nilson

Business books aren’t always the most riveting reads. However this week I became unexpectedly enthralled in Daniel H. Pink’s Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. I read the book, cover to cover, in less than three days.

Pink’s persuasive theory on what motivates us – in work, school and in our personal lives – is backed by four decades of solid scientific research on human motivation, and highlights an extreme mismatch between the human capital practices that businesses use that the practices that really work.

6 Ways to Make Your Workplace More Flexible and Less Stressful

By Jevita Derby

Australia, once known as the land of the long weekend, is gradually becoming the land of long work week.

Work intensification and the ever increasing pace at which we live our lives are contributing to a culture where employees work long hours, don’t utilise their annual leave entitlement and skip lunch breaks.

OECD reports that Australians work the longest week of any developed country, an average of 44 hours, whilst new research shows that up to a third of employees don’t take a lunch break and instead eat at their desks.