Team celebrations should run on a schedule, not only when releases ship
A DEV Community post argues that many teams tie celebrations to shipping output, so recognition disappears during quiet or difficult periods. It points to Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer's research on progress, which found that most managers rank progress low as a motivator, and warns that linking rituals to throughput leaves out people doing critical but invisible work. Studies of NBA teams and pre-task rituals are cited to suggest that acknowledgment and reliable ritual can support performance rather than distract from it. The author recommends running celebrations on a fixed schedule regardless of metrics and includes a sample GitHub Action that posts a weekly Friday marker to Slack.
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