About motivationWorks
motivationWorks is the only employee experience platform where everyone knows exactly what to do next.
Most people can’t stand employee experience surveys because they get nothing meaningful back from the very process meant to help them. motivationWorks invites every employee into your employee experience strategy, by empowering them with personalized tools and insights to improve their work experience.
What happens when every employee and leader knows exactly what to do next? Breakthroughs in employee engagement, retention, and well-being finally emerge.
Because our platform is infused with the leading people science of Self-Determination Theory - the framework recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General for improving workplace well-being – you can trust that everyone will be focused on building the experiences that matter most. What’s more, you’ll have dedicated experts who are invested in your success and will support you every step of the way.
Self-Determination Theory
More than 40 years ago, motivationWorks founders Drs. Richard Ryan and Edward Deci created Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as a measurable scientific model of motivation, behavior, and well-being.
With thousands of scholars, researchers, and professionals around the world now using SDT as the basis of their work, today it has become the leading behavioral science model for motivation and engagement in the world, with thousands of independent research studies confirming its remarkable value in understanding, measuring, and improving experience. It provides a powerful framework for understanding how to foster individuals’ growth and potential in a variety of circumstances, including healthcare, finance, education, parenting, entertainment, and of course, the workplace.
Self-Determination Theory challenges all of us to shift our thinking from how do we motivate people, to a much more effective question: How do we create the conditions for people to flourish? By supporting fundamental needs in others — notably the needs for autonomy, relatedness, and mastery — high quality motivation and engagement will naturally arise in its strongest and most durable forms. The result will not only be greater performance, but greater well-being and personal growth for everyone involved.
The Team
motivationWorks was created by the same folks who created Self-Determination Theory and who currently lead its research and applied work worldwide.
Scott Rigby, Ph.D.
Scott is an author and behavioral scientist. In addition to being the co-creator of motivationWorks, he is also founder/CEO of Immersyve Inc., a company applying behavioral science to organizations, products, and services.
Richard M. Ryan, Ph.D.
Richard is a clinical psychologist and Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University and at the Department of Psychology at the University of Rochester, in addition to being co-developer of Self-Determination Theory and co-creator of motivationWorks.
Edward L. Deci, Ph.D.
Edward is a Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Rochester, Professorial Fellow at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University, and Professor of Motivation at Buskerud and Vestfold University College in Norway, as well as co-developer of Self-Determination Theory and co-creator of motivationWorks.
