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Mature Companies Need Maintenance
- Mature companies shift from new creations to maintaining and improving existing systems.
- Maintenance work feels incremental but requires tremendous effort and impact recognition.
Patent Bounties Led to Trivial Filings
- Sun Microsystems paid engineers for patent disclosures which led to many trivial filings.
- A colleague once filed 300 invention disclosures, many fanciful, driven by financial incentives.
Use Praise to Motivate
- Give praise generously and publicly to motivate colleagues.
- Positive recognition fosters satisfaction and performance more than monetary rewards.