Thats reallly interesting stuff. Especially the Australian company... I forgot the name.
The art is soo good! This must have taken sooo much effort! Thanks for sharing.

Ryps

Romania2740 Posts

May 29 2010 17:29 GMT

Interesting vid, too bad there arent that many jobs like that

RaGe

Belgium9942 Posts

May 29 2010 17:37 GMT

Wow, that was super interesting. Major props for finding this.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

May 29 2010 17:41 GMT

There is a lot of really great research that comes to this same conclusion, its incredible that so few places try to create an environment that takes advantage of it

fanta[Rn]

Japan2465 Posts

May 29 2010 17:56 GMT

Isn't Google practicing exactly that? Stuff like Orkut and other cool things Google is providing came out of those "do what you want" sessions.

It's a very interesting concept, I hope more companies jump onto this!

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 18:01 GMT

100% agree with what this guy has to say. I very much fit the description of the kind of person he's talking about. I have a lot of hobbies, and nobody really understands why I do all of these things.

I've played guitar for 2 years, studied 13 foreign languages for 2-15 years depending on which one you're talking about, I'm into BW and SC2 and TF2 and eSports, I'm into programming — I've made all sorts of cool shit for my computer... even remade an old Telery.net game in C# — I've made BW and SC2 maps, one of which was the #2 most popular for the first 5 days of beta... I even majored in my worst subject in college! (I graduated last week, too...)

Emon_

3925 Posts

May 29 2010 18:05 GMT

I was with him until the end. When he started describing wikipedia and linux, that was cool. Known examples of good products created by a group of skilled individuals with little pay, good stuff.. However, when he starts talking about a company with a greater purpose, and how that's what everyone wants - he misses the point completely.

What wikipedia/apache/Linux and the Australian-company example have in common is that it's social. Other people are involved giving a frame of reference for the work thats being done. Together they have a history and together they have a vision, right there, at the office or at the forum. People working together, making sure everyone is giving their input and ideas. In a way they are moving forward together, but at the same time they are moving forward individually. Just like like how a braid or a tapestry is made. If I had the choice of investing my whole self into a project like this, that would be more attractive then going up the career ladder for more money so that the boss is satisfied.

I don't think a lot of people get motivated by apple's or facebook's greater vision. Even if a company has a noble vision, that doesn't translate into a positive workplace environment. It sounds more like creating a conformity in order to maximize profit then giving people motivation for work.

Qualm

721 Posts

May 29 2010 18:10 GMT

#10

Wow, both the content and the art in this video is really superb.

Thanks for sharing!

Reflex

Canada703 Posts

May 29 2010 18:19 GMT

#11

Cool! This was a Ted talk a while ago:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

Navane

Netherlands2727 Posts

May 29 2010 18:22 GMT

#12

I loved the art too, good for keeping focus.

Also, look around people. TL is driven by this. And I'm tuning into day[9] right now.

HaFnium

United Kingdom1070 Posts

May 29 2010 19:58 GMT

#13

nice video, really enjoyed the art.

lol I immediately thought of sc2 when they mentioned lame products in the end....

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

May 29 2010 23:39 GMT

#14

I saw a video and/or read about this a while back. The drawings are pretty cool though.
this was a TED talk wasn't it? Pretty sure the guy was an employee of google.

Blizzard should watch this imo.

yea. The op video was only a snippet of the entire talk.

Masamune

Canada3401 Posts

May 29 2010 23:52 GMT

#15

sooo does this explain why athletes are overpaid, scientists underpaid, and tl so awesome ^^?

really cool video btw! thanks for sharing.

ironchef

Canada1350 Posts

May 30 2010 19:30 GMT

#16

On May 30 2010 04:58 HaFnium wrote:
nice video, really enjoyed the art.

lol I immediately thought of sc2 when they mentioned lame products in the end....

lol moreso i thought of wow.. Or any time anyone counters an argument regarding quality with "Oh but you're gonna buy it and it has made or going to make lots of money therefore its the best".

Kinda came to this conclusion before, but im curious what the "comfortable amount"of money is.