I feel like asking people to do a favor for you is a lot more credible/enjoyable/smooth* if you’re also doing them a favor or have done them favors in the past, or have been seen doing favors for others. This is a lot easier in certain environments, eg if a bunch of people are helping put a large structure** together, it becomes second nature to offer to hold something for someone briefly, or to ask someone to hand you a tool or a piece of the structure. Environments that are less goal-oriented have a harder time with this because the tasks that need to be done are less immediately seen as for a specific person or needed by a specific person.
I think this is true, but ultimately this sort of thing needs to work in environments that aren’t perfectly tailored to it. (And in particular, think it’s real valuable for, early-on when someone has entered a new space, they get a sense that this is how you do things here – we pitch in together. It still needs to be done in a way that feels like they’re getting something out of it – in particular, a sense of ownership of the space).
It also matters a lot that you’re not handing them a task, you’re doing a task together. It’s not an accident that Hufflepuff is both about putting in the gruntwork that needs doing and camaraderie.
I feel like asking people to do a favor for you is a lot more credible/enjoyable/smooth* if you’re also doing them a favor or have done them favors in the past, or have been seen doing favors for others. This is a lot easier in certain environments, eg if a bunch of people are helping put a large structure** together, it becomes second nature to offer to hold something for someone briefly, or to ask someone to hand you a tool or a piece of the structure. Environments that are less goal-oriented have a harder time with this because the tasks that need to be done are less immediately seen as for a specific person or needed by a specific person.
*in the sense that gears turning is smooth
**perhaps a geodesic dome
I think this is true, but ultimately this sort of thing needs to work in environments that aren’t perfectly tailored to it. (And in particular, think it’s real valuable for, early-on when someone has entered a new space, they get a sense that this is how you do things here – we pitch in together. It still needs to be done in a way that feels like they’re getting something out of it – in particular, a sense of ownership of the space).
It also matters a lot that you’re not handing them a task, you’re doing a task together. It’s not an accident that Hufflepuff is both about putting in the gruntwork that needs doing and camaraderie.