工作中細微渺小的意義/What makes us feel good about our work?

這週算是輕鬆了！沒有作業、沒有考試，但非常認真地花時間在研究上，終於有點進度。不過下週要帶課、有兩個作業要寫、一個小考、週五還要繼續和老板咪聽研究要有進度，還有學生報告要改，週六週日都得拿來工作。既然沒時間好好寫部落格文章，就來分享一個我喜愛的演講讓大家聽聽。

講者Dan Ariely是我非常喜愛的一個學者，在行銷或行為經濟學領域也備受推崇。他的實驗有時看似簡單，卻相當有洞察力。他有好幾個TED演講，也都很值得一聽。而這是我近期相當喜愛的演講。

到底是什麼讓我們有動力持續工作？在現在分工精細的社會，龐大組織裡各個小螺絲只是為五斗米折腰嗎？在這演講中，Dan Ariely分享許多心理學實驗，告訴我們，日復一日重複性的工作中，其實還是存在著細微渺小的意義和被正向激勵、被肯定的需求，而這是非常容易被忽略與摧毀的。

非常精彩的演講。身為公司管理階層，絕對不能錯過。

This week was kinda relaxing - no exams, no assignments.  Instead I spent all my free time on research - it feels good that making progress on research.  I have a lot to do, however, in the coming week - have to finish grading students' reports, write two assignments, prepare for a quiz, and work on my research so that I can meet with my advisor again on Friday.  No time to relax this weekend.  As a result, yes my TED talk sharing time again.

The speaker Dan Ariely is one of my favorite researchers.  He is well respected in the areas of Marketing or Behavioral Economics.  The experiments he did seem simple and easy, but the findings are insightful.  He has several TED talks to which all worth listening.  And the one I am going to share is the latest and my recent favorite.

What motives us to work?  In a society that the work is divided into small steps that makes people to see the meaning of what they do, are people just motivated by money?  Dan Ariely shares many psychology experiments, showing that in the day to day work, there still exists subtle meanings, and the need to be positively motivated and recognized, which actually can be easily neglected and destroyed.

A very good talk.  If you are a manger, you can't miss this.