Disincentives are more powerful than incentives
With increasing variety, each newly created incentive is weaker.
Yet disincentives get more powerful.
With increasing variety, each newly created incentive is weaker.
Yet disincentives get more powerful.
In the UberConf expert panel, someone (Travis) posed a question about “how do you motivate/enable [teams stuck in legacy] to start growing and continuously learning again?” Laine Vyvyan had a good answer: make it safe for them, and then show them it is safe now. Usually growth stops because new ideas are slapped down. When …