Dan Pink’s new book on Motivation 3.0!  Great read and the starting point for anyone who’s interested in the new motivation model and how it works at work, at school and at home. The focus is on emperical research that’s been done in that last 50 years on intrinsic motivation and management best practices.

This book addresses what Dan Pink calls Mastery, it's about being in the grove, that place we find when we're fully engaged in doing something, whether it's sports, art or a project at work.  

Great book about Semco, a company in Brazil that's been run democratically for over 20 years and has managed to have an average gain of 24% a year.  Ricardo Semler is my hero!

Ed Deci and Richard Ryan have been doing empirical research on self-motivation for 20 years, this book illustrates how intrinsic motivation works and why carrots and sticks don't work for creative tasks.  Another great read.

The story of Best Buy, the folks who brought us Results Only Work Environment.  I liked the Seven Day Work Week better, as it's much broader, though this book is great for getting a good, basic understanding of how a ROWE works.  

Make sure you get the 2001 version, it has an update at the end of it.  Another great book about intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation.  Addresses, work, school and home.  

This book has lots of crossover with Motivation 3.0 but it's more about the idea economy and how to leverage it to your benefit.  I came up with some good ideas about how to market myself while reading it, in fact I came up with the name of this blog while reading it.  Thanks Seth!

If you are trying to be full time creative, like me, this book will help you keep on track and keep the Resistance at bay.  

A collaborative book, organized by Seth Godin, the profits go to charity.  The group of 33 tackle one urgent question: What does it really take to make your organization remarkable? Quick and great read.

Motivation 3.0 in action!  How SEMCO transformed from command and control to a democratic workplace.  Here you'll find 12 years of evidence that providing autonomy, mastery and purpose not only results in happy employees, but in growth and profit.  Though those aren't the main goal of SEMCO, Ricardo says, “The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life."  

This book is inspirational, actual evidence, that Motivation 3.0 works.  It's well written and engaging.  If I didn't know it was true, I'd swear it was a fairy tale.