I was out at a music show dancing not too long ago when out of the sea of people in front of me, a person with a bucket in one hand danced towards me and pointed to a crushed bottle on the ground.
Confused at first, but quickly putting the pieces together, I picked up the crushed bottle and tossed it into the bucket.
…A giant dance party ensued.
Little did I know, the person carrying the bucket was working for the event and had six others trailing behind them who were trying to encourage participants to clean up and help keep the space clean.
And what an efficient, fun, and aligned strategy that was.
All seven workers would circle and dance and hype up whoever helped clean and turned the space into an immediate mini-party. They even gave me a giant blue cape with the music show logo on it as a gift. And I flew to a bunch of others and continued the vide: I mysteriously pointed towards random crushed bottles on the ground, the bucket, and continued the dance party whenever somebody obliged.
Sure, you could just send workers around with buckets and garbage claws. And you can hope they don’t complain and look miserable while they clean.
Or you can get creative in your approach and find a better way… a more fun way… a more aligned way.