Publishing Drive Force: The Physics of Human Motivation
Out November 2026. Until then I am posting one short video a day that runs an ordinary stuck situation through the equation, and building the list of advance readers.
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Dane Sandy
Motivation is not a character trait. It is an equation, and you can debug it.
Author of Drive Force, out November 2026. Trained in mechanical engineering, builds software, ran for Trinidad and Tobago as a junior. IDB TechLab. Founder of Sandy Intelligence.Author of Drive Force: The Physics of Human Motivation, out November 2026. Trained in mechanical engineering, builds software for a living, ran for Trinidad and Tobago as a junior. Regional TechLab Administrator for the Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank. Founder of Sandy Intelligence.
A book by Dane Sandy · November 2026
Drive Force: The Physics of Human Motivation
Habit books tell you what to do; they assume you have already begun. Drive Force tells you why you haven't, and which of four measurable variables is broken.
Out November 2026. Get one email when it is out, or ask to read it early, at driveforcebook.com.
M=E×VI×D+EAV×AVI×DAV
The diagnostic
Find the variable that is breaking yours.
The Drive Force Diagnostic is free. It scores your Expectancy, Value, Impulsivity and Delay for one specific goal, names the one that is failing, and gives you one action to take today. Most people finish it in a few minutes.
Run the free diagnosticNow
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Building at Sandy Intelligence Inc.
The company I founded. It houses the software, including Vicinity Vibe, the product it exists to ship.
Regional TechLab Administrator, Caribbean · Inter-American Development Bank
I lead emergent-technology programming across VR/AR, AI, and 3D printing for youth, public-sector, and academic partners throughout the region.
Selected work
01
Sandy Geo
GIS · SCADA · Proven
Proven working on real data at a national water utility's plants.
A web-based GIS and operations system integrating live SCADA telemetry with map views, asset registries, and production calculations.
02
SWAN
Asset tagging · IBM Maximo
Collapsed tender-evaluation data preparation into a single action.
An equipment and location tagging system built to the Genivar SSP2 convention and integrated with IBM Maximo. Version two introduced a per-facility digital twin.
03
Noise Watch
AI · Full-stack
Concept award winner, D'HUB innovation challenge, Ministry of Digital Transformation.
An AI-powered full-stack system for identifying, reporting, and acting on noise pollution.
04
IDB Knowledge Week
Programme · 5 sectors
Produced ten knowledge products across five sectors.
AI-generated video, an interactive cancer-awareness quiz, a chatbot for housing and energy initiatives, curated VR experiences, and a web platform for the water sector.
05
Pan x Tech
Youth programme
Hosted at the Office of the President of Trinidad and Tobago.
A youth immersive-technology camp combining VR performance, AI-generated music, and 3D printing.
The operations control centre at a national water utility, running live SCADA. I worked alongside the utility’s senior engineers on its development and played a significant role in getting it launched.
Things I’ve shipped
Independent products, built and released on my own.
KeyCatch
keycatch.appHears the band and tells you the key in seconds.
A progressive web app for live musicians. It listens to a singer or a full band, detects chords and key on-device, identifies songs from sung lyrics, and suggests gospel progressions for improvised songs. All real-time analysis runs client-side.
- PWA
- On-device audio
- Live
Focus Wall
focuswall.coThe focus app that charges you when you cheat.
Blocks distracting sites and apps and activates automatically from your calendar. Its Pain Tax charges a self-set penalty when you lift a block early: the book's Anti-Value term, shipped as software.
- iOS
- macOS
- Windows
- Android soon
- Commitment device
Speaking
Keynote
You Are Not Undisciplined. You Are Underforced.
Motivation is treated as a character trait: some people have it, most people need a pep talk. This talk treats it as an output. Four measurable variables decide whether anyone in the room starts anything, and one of them is usually broken. The audience learns the equation, scores their own variables, and leaves with a diagnosis instead of a speech.
- For
- Leadership teams, conferences, universities, and development and public-sector audiences.
- The room leaves with
- The four variables, the one that is failing for them, and the smallest change that moves it.
Author of Drive Force. Trained in mechanical engineering, builds software, runs emergent-technology programming for the IDB across the Caribbean. Past president of a Toastmasters club ranked first in Trinidad and Tobago and second in the Caribbean.
Booking now for late 2026 and 2027. Also available for panels on applied AI and emergent technology in the Caribbean. Speaking enquiries: danesandy@sandyintelligence.com
Background
MBA, International Finance
Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
BSc, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of the West Indies
CS50 Computer Science
Harvard University
Deep Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI
Digital Transformation
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Systems Design
AlgoExpert
Winner of the UWI Open Scholarship examination for the Faculty of Engineering, one of two awarded. Distinction in Canada's EUCLID mathematics competition. Ran for Trinidad and Tobago as a junior at the 2001 CARIFTA Games, in a 200m final that Usain Bolt did not win either.
Get in touch
Speaking enquiries, editors, organisers, and investors: email is fastest. I answer within two business days.
danesandy@sandyintelligence.com