@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

5 days ago

Pattern Language Summary A fellow writer recently posted a story seed on Facebook: “The World is Made of Glass.”  I immediately thought: “Indeed it is. And that glass can be extremely beautiful but it is also fragile. It i…

Most people spend far more time learning how to compete than they do learning how to #collaborate. This might help: a Pattern Language meant to help people #cooperate and collaborate. #teamwork #Pattern_Language
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

6 months ago

Pattern Language Summary A fellow writer recently posted a story seed on Facebook: “The World is Made of Glass.”  I immediately thought: “Indeed it is. And that glass can be extremely beautiful but it is also fragile. It i…

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#Pattern #Pattern_Language #Peace #cooperation #collaboration #resist

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

6 months ago

Anti-Pattern: Taking Credit & Spreading Blame. Think back to the worst boss you ever had or ever observed. Maybe one stands out immediately. Or, maybe you had two so it’s hard to say which was worse. If you have been very lucky and had reasonab…

#Pattern #Pattern_Language #cooperation #collaboration #leadership

In addition to Patterns that promote cooperation, it's useful to point out patterns of behavior that tend to ruin cooperation. One such "Anti-Pattern" is: "taking credit and spreading blame."

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

6 months ago

Anti-Pattern: Conjure a Common Enemy Conjure a Common Enemy Of course, it is quite a commonly used technique among leaders to arouse people to work together by pointing to something that they all want. For example, leaders may use vis…

Considerations of #collaboration #cooperation and #teamwork involve compiling what works and what doesn't work. Mostly, I compile what does work into a #Pattern_Language but it's also sometimes useful to discuss what does *not* work and why. #peace petersironwood.com/2018/06/20/a...

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

6 months ago

Anti-Pattern: Kiss Up; Kick Down Several readers have mentioned that they would like to see shorter posts more often. In conjunction with just having read Iba’s Patterns book which has a short version, I thought I would try some s…

Human civilization depends on effective #collaboration and #cooperation Hence, a #Pattern_Language for better #teamwork
People sometimes exhibit ANTI-cooperative behavior. Here's an example of an Anti-Pattern. petersironwood.com/2018/06/20/a...

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

6 months ago

Collaboration Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Collaborations. Collaboration Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Collaborations.  (Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory). In response to a look at my on-going efforts to build a Pattern Language of ‘best practic…

Here's an independent attempt to build a #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation I recommend it.
#teamwork #leadership
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

6 months ago

The Day From Hell: Why Does Anyone Care? The Day From Hell: Why Does Anyone Care?  I oversleep. The alarm did not go off and it feels late. I glance at my watch and sure enough, I’m late. I grab my iPhone to see whether I forgot to set it…

I've been posting #Patterns from the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation This post is related but a little different. It's a #story meant to indicate why it's crucial that people cooperate and collaborate.
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Find and Cultivate Allies Find and Cultivate Allies Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern comes from personal experience although I am sure there must be many other writers who make a similar point. Author, rev…

A #Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation #leadership #teamwork #ethics
BTW, lately, the word "allies" has been systematically misused and misappropriated. It's not a "fan" or a "tool" or a "sap."

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Fostering Community Learning via Transformed Narratives Fostering Community Learning via Transformed Narratives Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern emerged from work done around 2000 with colleagues at IBM Research (including Cynthia Kurt…

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A #Pattern for the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration #teamwork and #cooperation

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Narrative Insight Method Narrative Insight Method Prolog/Acknowledgement:  Since my dad worked mainly as an electrical engineer and my mother as an English/Drama teacher, I’ve always felt pulled in two directions: toward s…

#Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation is the "Narrative Insight Method" -- one of several story telling patterns
#leadership #creativity #change #knowledge #story #teamwork

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Music Music Prolog/Acknowledgement:  This “Pattern” most likely can be decomposed into various sub-patterns. It seems so obvious that music has historically played a huge role in fostering social …

A #Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation is to use #music
#teamwork #leadership #management
It can be used to set a mood or to help people work together.
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Give a Sympathetic Reading Give a Sympathetic Read Prolog/Acknowledgement:  As a high school debater, I instinctively knew that it was my job to find the holes in the arguments of the other side and then try to find argument…

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#Pattern_Language #collaboration #cooperation #leadership #creativity

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Pattern Language Overview Pattern Language Overview  Prolog/Acknowledgement:  An old story recounts a person walking down a path and noticing two workers laying stones and cementing them into place. The walker noticed that …

A summary of the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation
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#leadership #management #teamwork #democracy

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Build from Common Ground Build From Common Ground Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern comes from long personal experience trying in many contexts to get to solutions quickly without first bothering to try to…

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#Pattern #Pattern_Language #collaboration #cooperation

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

7 months ago

Bohm Dialogue Bohm Dialogue Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern comes from the work of David Bohm. Bohm was a quantum physicist who, later in life, became interested in human communi…

#Pattern_Language #Pattern #cooperation #collaboration #teamwork #leadership #dialog Bohm Dialog owes its name to a quantum physicist named David Bohm. Dialog is often confused with "debate" or "discussion" but the purpose and method is quite different. petersironwood.com/2018/02/21/b...

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

8 months ago

“Reality Check” This is the second in a series of blogs that present Patterns in a Socio-technical Pattern Language of best practices for collaboration and coordination in complex societies. I intend to organize t…

A #Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration & #cooperation is “Reality Check” - make sure you’re measuring something you really care about. #leadership

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Anti-Pattern: Kill the Messenger This may be the last in the series of socio-technical Anti-Patterns (that is, things you want to avoid doing). Although I do think there is value in the Anti-Patterns (or I wouldn’t have bothered),…

#UX #HCI #leadership #management #teamwork #collaboration #cooperation #incentives #systems_thinking #pattern_language

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Anti-Pattern: Kiss Up; Kick Down Several readers have mentioned that they would like to see shorter posts more often. In conjunction with just having read Iba’s Patterns book which has a short version, I thought I would try some s…

The #Pattern_Language for #cooperation and #collaboration consists of a set of #Patterns to aid #teamwork #HCI #UX

Sometimes, it's also useful to know what to avoid.

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Support Both Flow & Breakdown Support Both Flow & Breakdown Prolog/Acknowledgement/History:  Only a few days after moving into our San Diego home (with a beautiful drip-irrigated garden), I glanced outside to see a geyser s…

Support Both Flow and Breakdown -- this #Pattern is part of a #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation. Expect the unexpected. You can't anticipate every breakdown, but you can be sure breakdowns will occur. #teamwork #leadership
#UX #HCI
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Find and Cultivate Allies Find and Cultivate Allies Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern comes from personal experience although I am sure there must be many other writers who make a similar point. Author, rev…

A #Pattern for the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation is "Find and Cultivate Allies"
#leadership #management #teamwork #UX #HCI

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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Fostering Community Learning via Transformed Narratives Fostering Community Learning via Transformed Narratives Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern emerged from work done around 2000 with colleagues at IBM Research (including Cynthia Kurt…

Another #Pattern that involves #story and #storytelling
This is part of a #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation
#leadership #management #change
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Music Music Prolog/Acknowledgement:  This “Pattern” most likely can be decomposed into various sub-patterns. It seems so obvious that music has historically played a huge role in fostering social …

A #Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation -- #music
In most, if not all societies, some form of #music is used to enrich life and make it more interesting and beautiful. This also has the effect of increasing group cohesion.
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Give a Sympathetic Reading Give a Sympathetic Read Prolog/Acknowledgement:  As a high school debater, I instinctively knew that it was my job to find the holes in the arguments of the other side and then try to find argument…

petersironwood.com/2018/03/29/g...
#collaboration #cooperation #Pattern_Language #teamwork

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Pattern Language Overview Pattern Language Overview  Prolog/Acknowledgement:  An old story recounts a person walking down a path and noticing two workers laying stones and cementing them into place. The walker noticed that …

An overview of a #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation
#teamwork #leadership #management
petersironwood.com/2018/03/02/p...

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Pattern Language Overview Pattern Language Overview  Prolog/Acknowledgement:  An old story recounts a person walking down a path and noticing two workers laying stones and cementing them into place. The walker noticed that …

An overview of a #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation
#teamwork #leadership #management
petersironwood.com/2018/03/02/p...

@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

10 months ago

Build from Common Ground Build From Common Ground Prolog/Acknowledgement:  The idea for this Pattern comes from long personal experience trying in many contexts to get to solutions quickly without first bothering to try to…

A #Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #cooperation and #collaboration
In our hurry-up society, we focus immediately on whatever disagreements we have with someone & try to "resolve" them. #design #mediation #conflict_resolution #negotiation

Another approach..
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@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social

11 months ago

Meaningful Initiation Meaningful Initiation Prolog:  I have mixed feelings about the phenomenon of “initiation.” I’d be very interested to hear about other people’s experiences, intuitions, and studies related to this v…

A #Pattern in the #Pattern_Language for #collaboration and #cooperation #teamwork #leadership #management
Comments welcome.
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