"Daniel Pink's data-driven approach and energizing presence captured our employees' attention. Everyone found his talk both highly interesting and educational, with many piloting his ideas in their own work environments." Technology
A deep researcher and compelling communicator, Daniel Pink is one of the foremost business minds of our day. He is the author of seven books on business, work, creativity, and behavior including The New York Times bestsellers The Power of Regret,When, and A Whole New Mind — and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Pink’s latest book The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward explores how we can enlist our regrets to make smarter decisions, perform better, and deepen our sense of meaning and purpose. It has been named one of the best books of 2022 by NPR, The Financial Times, Amazon, and Apple Books.
Regret is not dangerous or abnormal, a deviation from the steady path to happiness. It is healthy and universal, an integral part of being human. Regret is also valuable. It clarifies. It instructs. Done right, it needn’t drag us down; it can lift us up.
Daniel Pink
Pink’s award-winning books have been translated into 46 languages and have sold over 5 millions copies worldwide. His TED Talk on the science of motivation has been viewed more than 40 million times. By making the leading business research of our day accessible, Pink pushes audiences to consider their lives in a new light and unlocks the ways top performers flourish at home, at school, and at work.
An acclaimed expert, Pink’s articles appear in publications such as The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and The Atlantic. Thinkers50 has named him one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world numerous times. After co-producing and hosting the popular show “Crowd Control” on National Geographic Television, he now speaks directly to over 170,000 subscribers of his online show “The Pinkcast,” where he shares actionable tips for working smarter and living better. Provocative and inspiring, Pink shares irresistible stories and practical takeaways that give audiences compelling insights into how we can live richer, more engaged lives and the tools to make organizations more effective.
Daniel Pink on The Third Way: How to Handle Regrets
Daniel Pink – When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel Pink – Timing in Education and Healthcare
Daniel Pink – Outdated View of Sales
Daniel Pink – Information Parity
Daniel Pink on Beyond Resilience: A New Path to a Strong Culture
Dan Pink on The Surprising Path to the Good Life
Daniel Pink’s Speech Topics
Beyond Resilience: A New Path to a Strong Culture
As organizations face a rapidly evolving landscape, they are reexamining their operations and rethinking their priorities. What do they stand for? How should they navigate what comes next? And how might they build cultures where people can do their best work and be their best selves?
In this provocative and practical presentation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink offers a fresh set of strategies. Pink will draw on an unprecedented two-year study of our most misunderstood emotion: regret. He will show that ignoring or rejecting regrets is a colossal mistake. Instead, confronting regrets systematically can deliver an array of organizational benefits. It can sharpen leaders’ decisions, speed learning and development, and boost individual and team performance.
In particular, he will show how the four core regrets shared by people around world contain the seeds of a reimagined and more powerful corporate culture. By understanding what people regret the most, we can learn what they value the most – and that can help organizations of every kind attract top talent, deepen employee engagement, and strengthen loyalty and commitment.
With Pink’s trademark blend of big ideas and smart takeaways, compelling stories and sharp humor, this presentation provides an urgent and inspiring map for flourishing in unpredictable times.
You will learn:
How to anticipate – and avoid – the most significant organizational regrets,
How to transform existing regrets into a positive force and a coherent culture,
Why regrets of inaction outnumber regrets of action – and how to enlist that insight to spark innovation,
Why doing the right thing is more important to employees than most C-Suite executives understand – and why, in this fraught moment, being a good organization can pave the way to becoming a great organization.
The Surprising Path to the Good Life
How can we lead more satisfying personal and professional lives? In today’s fast-paced world, this question has become more pressing than ever for both individuals and organizations alike. #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink has found the answer in an unlikely place.
In this provocative and engaging presentation, Pink will reveal a new approach to working smarter and living better by examining our most understood emotion: regret. He will show why the ever-popular “No Regrets” philosophy is utter nonsense. Everyone has regrets. And if we handle our regrets strategically, Pink says, they can be one of the most powerful ways we have to sharpen our decisions, elevate our performance, and deepen our sense of meaning.
To tell his stories and share his insights, Pink will draw on two massive and unprecedented research projects: The American Regret Project, the largest sampling of U.S. attitudes on regret ever conducted, and the World Regret Survey, which has collected more than 16,000 regrets from people in 105 countries. The result is a presentation packed with big ideas, practical takeaways, and a dose of inspiration.
You will learn:
The 4 core regrets that people around the world have – and what that teaches us about the good life,
A science-based, 3-step process to convert your existing regrets into tools for increasing happiness and boosting performance,
How simple, engaging techniques like “regret circles” and “failure resumes” can transform negative emotions into positive forces,
The Regret Optimization Principle, which offers a systematic method for anticipating and avoiding future regrets.
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan is gifted presenter! He was easy to work with and truly wowed our audience! We really appreciated how he worked with us to craft a tailored presentation with themes from two of his books. He also listened to our CEO’s address just before ours and injected humor and more personalization. People left feeling both energized and contemplative which is a hard balance to strike!
Legal
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink was an absolute pleasure. His presentation of ‘When’ was timely, current and most importantly actionable. Attendees really felt that they had concrete material to take away and apply immediately from the event. This was reflected in the great score of 9.2 out of 10 that the event registered from the members. We eagerly await Dan’s next project and plan to invite him back!
YPO/WPO/Young Entrepreneurs
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink’s data-driven approach and energizing presence captured our employees’ attention. Everyone found his talk both highly interesting and educational, with many piloting his ideas in their own work environments.
Technology
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
I have had the opportunity to hear from many thought leaders and speakers, and Dan Pink was one of my favorites. His presentation felt very personal to our organization’s mission and I really appreciated his humor and preparation for the talk. He really made it feel like he was talking to each one of the audience members.
Technology
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink’s conversation with our global HR audience exceeded all our expectations! He was definitely a great choice as our opening keynote speaker. Dan was provocative, humorous and extremely insightful. Most of all, we enjoyed his humble and engaging leadership style. He left us all with a lot of practical, easy to implement ideas that we can start to apply in the business and with our teams right away. Dan will always be a friend of the Coca-Cola family, and we hope to be able to welcome him back to our campus again!
Food
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Dan was provocative, humorous and extremely insightful. Most of all, we enjoyed his humble and engaging leadership style.
Food
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink’s message was timely for our organization and the manner in which he delivered, combined with the active interaction of the engaged participants made it a very lively event.
Tobacco
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink was in a word FABULOUS! Thank you so much for everything. I look forward to working with you in the future when we bring other speakers to Illinois.
Universities & Colleges
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink’s presentation exceeded all expectations-he was fantastic! Everyone commented on how valuable and wonderful it was to have him as our Keynote Speaker.
Education Programs
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
One word…perfect! Dan Pink was super and so very gracious.
Education Programs
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink was fabulous! He was funny and motivating and taught some principles that were well-received by the audience.
Education Programs
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink was AMAZING! The audience was thrilled with his presentation and asked some great questions. He was a perfect speaker to be honest, was intelligent, concise, everything that you hope for as the meeting planner!
Education Programs
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Thank you so much for your keynote address! The audience loved it. They gave your address a 4.71 score which is stratospherically high. You really hit the mark and really made a difference.
Health Care
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Dan Pink’s powerful keynote set the perfect tone for the whole conference.
Health Care
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink did a wonderful job! He talked about relevant topics and the audience was extremely happy with taking time out of their schedules to hear what he had to say.
Health Care
What other organizations say about Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink’s presentation was great! He is a very skilled public speaker and had the audience engaged and interested during his entire presentation.
