Incentivizing InnerSource Adoption

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Presents an incentive formula (desired behavior × motivator value ÷ effort) and concrete levers: early access to co-pilot for pilot teams chosen by best-practice metrics, conference-panel slots as non-monetary rewards, team lunches and small tokens, and tying documentation and cross-team PRs to performance reviews (took 18 months to change evals). Shows measurable wins — e.g. 17 external PRs as a success signal and scaling impact like one hour a week saved per engineer aggregated into large productivity gains.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:16What is an incentive
3. 3:03Incentives across levels
4. 9:24Organization level incentives
5. 13:25Team level incentives
6. 16:38Individual level incentives
7. 21:42Sustained culture change
8. 25:14Measuring success
9. 29:34Next steps and Q&A

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