Idea Agent

SIGNIFICANCE IN RECOGNITION

To be coherent and lasting, a culture relies on open communication and recognition to build the trust that delivers high performance. There is a certain Darwinian principle that applies to the power of recognition in maintaining a culture: appreciating, recognizing, and rewarding each other’s contributions are ways of pointing out desirable behaviors, those selected for emulation. So in addition to being important motivating forces for individuals—particularly in breakthrough innovation, where the number of failures far outweighs the number of successes—reward and recognition are also important culture-building forces for the group.

Unfortunately, in an understandable desire to protect privacy and discourage dissent ...