GA 310 | The Role of Motivation in Continuous Improvement with Brad Miller

This week’s guest is Brad Miller. Ron and Brad discussed how motivation factors into continuous improvement, and a modern motivation framework that could be useful to managers. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

• Brad’s background (2:51)
• The importance of an academic background (4:34)
• His favorite quote (6:05)
• The concept of motivation as it relates to continuous improvement (8:46)
• Getting to the goal (15:09)
• Dealing with uncertainty (16:21)
• Where training comes in (18:02)
• What people believe about the activity (20:17)
• How psychological safety plays into motivation (23:07)
• How mastery, autonomy, and purpose fit into Brad’s framework (26:03)
• Another example (32:02)
• Exposing people to a better world (34:51)

Podcast Resources

• Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3
• Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com
• Brad on LinkedIn
• Brad on Twitter
• Brad on YouTube
• Drive by Dan Pink
• The Fearless Organization
• Motivation and Kaizen
• Expectancy-Value Small Model
• Expectancy-Value Large Model

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