Dan Pink speaks at TED on the Surprising Science of Motivation.

I am a huge fan of Dan Pink’s books, from A Whole New Mind, to The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, and eagerly await his newest book soon to come out, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which he introduces in this video.

I have also met Dan in person, when he came to Japan to speak at the Roppongi Academy Hills. I believe he is a CREATOR profile. It takes one to know one!

• His insights are original and authoritative at the same time.
• He uses humor and has the Oxford audience eating out of the palm of his hand.
• He turns our ordinary assumptions upside-down.
• He has a magnificent mastery of metaphor.
• He focuses more on the process, and less on himself.
• He knows how to use pauses effectively.
• He uses argument and reason to reexamine our false assumptions.
• He takes us by surprise and keeps us hanging on for what comes next.
• He makes good eye contact with his audience.
• He speaks with passion on his subject.
• He stays focused first on the audience.
• He is as persuasive as a courtroom lawyer.
• He sums up his arguments with key words.