“A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.”

American non-fiction writer

Daniel H. Pink is an American non-fiction writer known for his bestselling books and public work on ideas about work, motivation, and behavior. He is credited with seven New York Times bestsellers. He also hosted and co-executive produced the National Geographic Channel social science series Crowd Control. Earlier, from 1995 to 1997, he served as chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, bringing political communications experience to his later writing.