Tag
Culture
Recognition that lands: why the shout-out channel goes quiet
Every company has tried the kudos channel and most are dead within a year. The reason is mechanical, not cultural: noticing is the scarce resource.
Why workplace gamification usually fails, and the two cases where it does not
Points, badges and streaks attach an extrinsic reward to work people were already motivated to do. The two exceptions are narrow and worth knowing.
Measuring engineering productivity without turning it into surveillance
Most productivity tools are removed within a year, not because the numbers were wrong but because they answered a leader’s question by exposing individuals.