Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners - blog.gardeviance.org/2012/06/pionee… ... it's an old model, started 16 years ago, based upon a paragraph in Accidental Empires (1993) ... however, I need better words, I'm lousy at naming things ...
... so the pioneer, settler, town planner model and the system of theft are all related to different attitudes within an organisation - blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pio… and designed around the idea of constant evolution with change flowing through the company ...
... what I need are three better words for pioneer, settler and town planner. Some people are uncomfortable with the words for understandable reasons. So any suggestions?
So, once possible starting point is ... pathfinder, investigator but ... then what?
A word that describes that critical and brilliant town planning attitude.
Suggestions welcome.
A word that describes that critical and brilliant town planning attitude.
Suggestions welcome.
X : Is the problem "settlers"?
Me : It's a problematic word. Unfortunately when we use the word settler in common language, what we often mean is invader i.e. it was someone's home before another group started "settling" there or to be more blunt invaded the space ...
Me : It's a problematic word. Unfortunately when we use the word settler in common language, what we often mean is invader i.e. it was someone's home before another group started "settling" there or to be more blunt invaded the space ...
... so, I'd rather find a set of words which didn't invoke those ideas.
Hmmm ... mulling this over, I like the idea of 3, 12, 48 ... in a nod to ideal sizes of cell groups.
So, it would become the 3s, the 12s, the 48s ... but it doesn't convey enough the idea that the attitudes are very different.
So, it would become the 3s, the 12s, the 48s ... but it doesn't convey enough the idea that the attitudes are very different.
So maybe mix in primary colours i.e. Red 3s, Green 12s, Blue 48s ... but it's lacking that sense of evolution and change.
That would also create a new set of problems when displaying in visual form. Hmmm.
Maybe I should just get everyone to replace their use of settlers when they mean invaders?
Maybe I should just get everyone to replace their use of settlers when they mean invaders?
So let us add in that sense of evolution, of change ...
Red Base 3s
Green DNA 12s
Blue Squirrel 48s
... now I need to simplify this down to something more relatable.
Red Base 3s
Green DNA 12s
Blue Squirrel 48s
... now I need to simplify this down to something more relatable.
Hmmm ... I have no idea how to simplify this.
So until I find better words, I'll continue with pioneers, settlers and town planners.
So until I find better words, I'll continue with pioneers, settlers and town planners.
However, I do want to be mindful that in history when we talk about settlers ... in some cases we mean people that have settled uninhabitated lands (Vikings and Greenland), in other cases we may mean genocidal invaders. So, I do want to find that better set of words.
X : Why change the words?
Me : They create a barrier, I want to find a better set of words that convey the concept but are more acceptable to everyone. It's important ... I just don't know what the words are ... yet.
Me : They create a barrier, I want to find a better set of words that convey the concept but are more acceptable to everyone. It's important ... I just don't know what the words are ... yet.
X : Pioneers?
Me : That's problematic as well. I do want to find a completely new set which isn't associated with genocidal invaders or oppression. The model has been around for 16 years, it'll survive a name change and it needs it.
Me : That's problematic as well. I do want to find a completely new set which isn't associated with genocidal invaders or oppression. The model has been around for 16 years, it'll survive a name change and it needs it.
Ok, I'm starting to warm to the idea of
* maker
* manufacturer
* mass producer
It fits with the model of evolution and the attitudes required. Need to mull on it a bit more.
* maker
* manufacturer
* mass producer
It fits with the model of evolution and the attitudes required. Need to mull on it a bit more.
The maker operates at the genesis / custom built stage of evolution.
The manufacturer operates at late custom through product stages.
The mass producer operates at late product through commodity stages.
It keeps the same flow, the same attitudes, is mindful of evolution ...
The manufacturer operates at late custom through product stages.
The mass producer operates at late product through commodity stages.
It keeps the same flow, the same attitudes, is mindful of evolution ...
... and gets rid of the problematic pioneer / settler / town planner language.
Need to mull on it more but I quite like the feel of it and it fits well enough if I just replace the old words - blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pio…
Need to mull on it more but I quite like the feel of it and it fits well enough if I just replace the old words - blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pio…
X : Is the problem settler?
Me : All the words are problematic. With settler I have two options. 1) Persuade the rest of the world to replace the word settler in history in cases where they actually meant genocidal invader or 2) move myself to using a better word.
I'll move.
Me : All the words are problematic. With settler I have two options. 1) Persuade the rest of the world to replace the word settler in history in cases where they actually meant genocidal invader or 2) move myself to using a better word.
I'll move.
The terms
* maker
* manufacturer
* mass producer
Keep with the same intent regarding evolution and different attitudes whilst not causing the same problems as the existing terms.
Need to mull more but I quite like them.
* maker
* manufacturer
* mass producer
Keep with the same intent regarding evolution and different attitudes whilst not causing the same problems as the existing terms.
Need to mull more but I quite like them.
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