Thread by @RichDecibels

here is a thread with some exploratory thoughts about #patternlanguage...

I believe the best org structure is a local bespoke design

global abstractions are intoxicating and sense-killing

e.g. see how badly people implement #agile princples and miss the point by miles

I can say "I visited 1000 groups and the best ones all did X"

that might help a few groups. also it will give a lotta groups the wrong idea, send them on a goosechase while thinking they've found a great solution

I wanna offer people lessons, shared language, grow collective memory, accelerate learning...

.. but I know how quickly people take a guide and turn it into a rule to hit each other with. you learn the abstraction, but miss the essence

e.g. weaponised #NVC

so my instinct says, avoid giving ppl recipes, but at least name common pitfalls. lotta people fall in these pits, here's a hazard sign to help you avoid it, and here's a rope ladder to pull yerself out

what's the name for that thing where you learn an abstraction and it makes you intoxicated/ distracted/ overconfident coz you think you understood something but actually you have totally missed the essence of it?

another e.g.: how many groups call themselves non-hierarchical and therefore cannot see the toxicity of their power dynamics

because hey, we chose the One True & Good Abstraction which is a magic amulet against coercion, exclusion, manipulation

if I new the name, I'd be better at spotting it, and better at designing pedagogical methods that avoid the developmental cul de sacs

If you're in a 'teacher' role, how do you approach this challenge?

cc: @Sociocracy4All @sam5 @opentogrow