Works
- The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work, 2011
In Tactics of Organizational Politics
Ideas
The progress principle. From nearly 12,000 daily diary entries by professionals working on complex projects, Amabile and Kramer found that making progress in meaningful work, even in small steps, is a major driver of motivation, positive emotion, and creativity at work. The book is written for managers.
What it explains
Amabile explains why visible progress keeps a team committed to a long effort, and why a leader who makes progress easy to see sustains support between milestones.