Thread by @tottinge

In a crisis, people pull together and work together.
They share information, volunteer their skills and expertise, shoulder the burden for each other because of the shared stress.
When it's over, they go back to the pre-stress style: solo, disconnected, competitive even.

In the various early agile teams, there seemed to be this idea of working they way we work when we're in a stressful crisis, but without any of the stress, threat, or crisis.
We work productively and voluntarily when things go wrong, couldn't we work similarly without panic?

What keeps people from happily and joyfully working together in community when nothing bad is happening, when they're not under stress, not burdened with dire consequences, just because they like to?

If we can collaborate when production is down, can we collaborate when it's up?
Imagine the same way of working but without the stress!

Sadly a lot of organizations try to create the stress and prevent the collaboration - "you're always under fire and at risk, so work individually and hoard information and compete against your colleagues"

Every day should not be a crisis. We're not made to live under constant threat and stress.

But if we wanted, every day could be a communion and a collaboration.