Software Engineering 3.0 Era
Apr 21, 2026 · R&D Management
Why Engineers Resist “Distillation” and How Five Incentive Designs Can Unlock Enterprise Skills
The article analyzes why engineers oppose turning their expertise into reusable Skills, identifies misaligned incentive structures as the root cause, and presents five concrete incentive redesigns—royalties, promotion pathways, adversarial distillation, gamified arenas, and organizational insurance—plus technical safeguards to ensure reliable Skill deployment.
R&D managementagentic skillsformal verification
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