The positive-sum game test: if you have more of X, you also have more of X. To not be confused with positive/negative feedback loops: a positive-sum game can have either positive or negative feedback loops embedded into it (or both).

Alignment

Skill, mastery

• Mutual learning: learning sessions, mentorship program, pair programming
• Accumulate knowledge by capturing and sharing it
• Proactively invite feedback

Engineering productivity

Note that playing the productivity games needs to be balanced with team's outward contribution: Solve users' problems, not technology problems. (Balance within an organisation)

Judgement

• Making better product decisions:
  • Involving engineers into users' problems
  • Growing the business domain knowledge
• Good decision-making processes
• Feedback & learning

Good relationships

See People are more important than things.

Fun!

Make the workplace more fun :)

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Related:

• Components of power