--- title: "Carrots, sticks, and making things worse" url: https://daily.dev/posts/carrots-sticks-and-making-things-worse-oc1szdlbg source_url: https://ferd.ca/carrots-sticks-and-making-things-worse.html type: article source: "Planet Erlang" published: 2024-10-03T12:38:05.871Z updated: 2024-12-11T14:12:32.998Z reading_time: 6 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Carrots, sticks, and making things worse **[Planet Erlang](https://daily.dev/sources/planeterlang)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Organizations often face goal conflicts due to limited resources, leading to tough trade-offs. While incentivizing specific behaviors might seem like a solution, it's often counterproductive due to factors like hindsight and outcome biases. Instead of adding pressure, it’s more effective to understand and support employees through better context and resources, acknowledging the inherent challenges in incident response. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/carrots-sticks-and-making-things-worse-oc1szdlbg)