Dr. Scott Rigby is an author, behavioral scientist, entrepreneur and founder/CEO of motivationWorks, a company focusing on the application of behavioral science to organizations, products, and services. Scott and motivationWorks work with both small and large companies on culture and the development of motivational best practices. He is a leading authority on predictive measurement of motivation and engagement, as well as on interventions to improve organizational culture. Clients include Prudential, Amazon, Warner Brothers, Johnson & Johnson, and Disney.
Scott has authored numerous publications including the highly-rated book Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound. He is the creator of the “Personal Experience of Need Satisfaction” (PENS) model, a widely-used engagement model in product design. His work on understanding engagement and motivation has been featured by ABC News, BBC, National Public Radio, National Geographic, and Scientific American, among others. In addition to his commercial work, he has served as the principal investigator on multiple grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health exploring the role of behavioral science to improve engagement to achieve positive outcomes.
Content Featuring Scott Rigby, Ph.D.
Four Proven Factors That Will Multiply The ROI of Your Employee Engagement Efforts
Discover four foundational factors that will better focus you on specific aspects of your employee engagement program that multiply its ROI impact (and your success at measuring it), and clear principles and tactics you can immediately deploy to drive quantifiable improvement to bottom-line ROI.
The Three Things That Will Make Your Employee Engagement Efforts Relevant to Every Single Employee
Uncover clear principles and tactics you can immediately start putting to work to unlock greater effectiveness and ROI from your employee engagement efforts.
Including the Employee in Employee Engagement
This podcast, featuring Dr. Scott Rigby of motivationWorks, will share research-based and practical recommendations for improving the experience at work and putting the employee at the center for engagement initiatives.
Stop Leaving Employees out of Employee Engagement
Learn how having the right psychological framework will empower effective change for everyone at your company.
Five Insights That Empower the Greatest Employee Experiences
Discover key insights on how you can transform your employee engagement efforts, and become the foundation for a world-class culture that supports well-being and performance for everyone.
Terms of Engagement: Evidence-Based Employee Experience Strategies
Employee engagement initiatives are central components of most organizations’ talent management strategies. There is strong evidence linking engagement to performance, but overall levels of workplace engagement still hover near 30% ... Read more