“The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.”

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.