--- title: The 5 Best TED Talks About Work, According to Dan Pink description: Get inspired by these career advice videos canonical: https://time.com/4261971/best-ted-talks-work-dan-pink/ author: IDEAS Desk article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-17T16:16:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:58:15.314Z article:section: Ideas og:title: The 5 Best TED Talks About Work, According to Dan Pink og:description: Get inspired og:url: https://time.com/4261971/best-ted-talks-work-dan-pink/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 5 Best TED Talks About Work, According to Dan Pink twitter:description: Get inspired twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The 5 Best TED Talks About Work, According to Dan Pink by [IDEAS Desk](https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Mar 17, 2016 4:16 PM UTC by [IDEAS Desk](https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Mar 17, 2016 4:16 PM UTC Daniel H. Pink has written a number of books on business, work and success. Over on TED.com, Pink rounded up his [favorite talks on work](http://www.ted.com/playlists/133/dan%5Fpink%5Fmy%5F5%5Ffavorite%5Ftalks). Watch the videos below for tips on managing your career. ### Dan Ariely: What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work? ### Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius ### Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the Secret to Happiness ### Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work ### Stefan Sagmeister: The Power of Time Off ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4261971/best-ted-talks-work-dan-pink/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4261971/best-ted-talks-work-dan-pink/"},"headline":"The 5 Best TED Talks About Work, According to Dan Pink","datePublished":"2016-03-17T16:16:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:58:15.314Z","description":"Get inspired","url":"https://time.com/4261971/best-ted-talks-work-dan-pink/","keywords":["Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"IDEAS Desk","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4261971/best-ted-talks-work-dan-pink/","name":"The 5 Best TED Talks About Work, According to Dan Pink"}}]}] ```