# The way we think about work is broken

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Barry Schwartz
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_way_we_think_about_work_is_broken)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What makes work satisfying? Apart from a paycheck, there are intangible values that, Barry Schwartz suggests, our current way of thinking about work simply ignores. It's time to stop thinking of workers as cogs on a wheel.

## Lectures

1. [The way we think about work is broken](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/barry_schwartz_the_way_we_think_about_work_is_broken/e60d4d25fee0), 8 min (TED's player)