Recognition should reach the people whose work made the visible performance possible.

Visible work receives the credit because it is visible, not because it did more. Behind most performances sits preparation somebody else did, quietly and in advance, and the applause has no way of reaching them unless someone deliberately routes it there. Left alone, recognition follows attention, and attention follows the stage.

When something goes well, name the people whose work made it possible, specifically and in front of others. Say what they actually did instead of thanking a whole team in one breath. If the praise arrives at you, pass some of it along the same day, while it still means something.