I in *principle* like the cooperative group goals idea but I'm worried it might be a source of conflict. Having money on the line might work as a good motivator individually but I'd be worried that when a group fails they'd point to someone as being at fault for "not pulling their weight". I wonder if a better way to achieve it might be to have it behave like the described competitive one but with automatic recommit - individuals commit to certain goals (which don't necessarily have to be the same! e.g. for a work goal if someone works part time they might want to commit to a smaller fraction than a full time coworker. Actually work goals are probably a bad idea because you want a way for people to be personally accountable and taking their personal money is shitty), these are plotted on the same graph, when an individual falls below the line it behaves like a normal derail.
I like the competitive group goals idea.
I in *principle* like the cooperative group goals idea but I'm worried it might be a source of conflict. Having money on the line might work as a good motivator individually but I'd be worried that when a group fails they'd point to someone as being at fault for "not pulling their weight". I wonder if a better way to achieve it might be to have it behave like the described competitive one but with automatic recommit - individuals commit to certain goals (which don't necessarily have to be the same! e.g. for a work goal if someone works part time they might want to commit to a smaller fraction than a full time coworker. Actually work goals are probably a bad idea because you want a way for people to be personally accountable and taking their personal money is shitty), these are plotted on the same graph, when an individual falls below the line it behaves like a normal derail.