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Dealing with dOrg Cruft | #59
Cruft started out as slang for the unused physics equipment stored in ivy league science departments. Over time its meaning has evolved to signal redundant or anything unwanted that accumulates over time. In traditional organizations cruft is to be avoided at all costs. It signals inefficiently and waste. However, in dOrgs (decentralized/digital organization), especially ones run online, cruft needs to be reframed into something else - or we risk morphing back into a traditional top down stru...
Dealing with dOrg Cruft | #59
Cruft started out as slang for the unused physics equipment stored in ivy league science departments. Over time its meaning has evolved to signal redundant or anything unwanted that accumulates over time. In traditional organizations cruft is to be avoided at all costs. It signals inefficiently and waste. However, in dOrgs (decentralized/digital organization), especially ones run online, cruft needs to be reframed into something else - or we risk morphing back into a traditional top down stru...
A Healthy Pace | #58
In our formative years pace was a clear measuring stick. Those who ran faster, took the test quicker or broke records before anyone else were ‘better’. From a very impressionable age, we have been programmed empirically that ‘faster is better’. Alas, now that we are older and wiser, we know that this is false! But do our bodies know things have changed? Understanding how we work at a cognitive level is very different than operating at a subconscious level. Now, we say that we want to move at ...
A Healthy Pace | #58
In our formative years pace was a clear measuring stick. Those who ran faster, took the test quicker or broke records before anyone else were ‘better’. From a very impressionable age, we have been programmed empirically that ‘faster is better’. Alas, now that we are older and wiser, we know that this is false! But do our bodies know things have changed? Understanding how we work at a cognitive level is very different than operating at a subconscious level. Now, we say that we want to move at ...
Cultivate Belonging, Not Community | #57
The problem with words is that once they have carved a meaning in our brains, it’s very difficult to change it’s meaning. For instance, the word ‘community’ within the context of the internet has a certain feeling that comes with it. This feeling is attached to a meaning, and this meaning is followed by expected actions. When we say, “let’s build community” our responses are often linked to what we learned “community” is in the closest context to the one currently being used. For many of use ...
Cultivate Belonging, Not Community | #57
The problem with words is that once they have carved a meaning in our brains, it’s very difficult to change it’s meaning. For instance, the word ‘community’ within the context of the internet has a certain feeling that comes with it. This feeling is attached to a meaning, and this meaning is followed by expected actions. When we say, “let’s build community” our responses are often linked to what we learned “community” is in the closest context to the one currently being used. For many of use ...
3 Role Types: Conclusion | Part 5/5 | #56
*This entry is a continuation of 3 Role Types: Contributor Thus far we have established that the foundational roles of someone looking to join a community are:Observer role.Participant role.Contributor role.Each role comes with its own context, expectations and appropriate actions; and if we can make those easy to understand, follow and execute, it makes creating a wonderful experience more likely. Let’s dive a bit deeper into how they work together in practice. Now that we know why these rol...
3 Role Types: Conclusion | Part 5/5 | #56
*This entry is a continuation of 3 Role Types: Contributor Thus far we have established that the foundational roles of someone looking to join a community are:Observer role.Participant role.Contributor role.Each role comes with its own context, expectations and appropriate actions; and if we can make those easy to understand, follow and execute, it makes creating a wonderful experience more likely. Let’s dive a bit deeper into how they work together in practice. Now that we know why these rol...
3 Role Types: Contributor | Part 4/5 | #55
*This entry is a continuation of 3 Role Types: Participant. Thus far we have established that the foundational roles of someone looking to join a community are:Observer role.Participant role.Contributor role.Each role comes with its own context, expectations and appropriate actions; and if we can make those easy to understand, follow and execute it makes creating a wonderful experience more likely. Let’s dive a bit deeper into the Contributor role. This roles purpose is to answer the question...
3 Role Types: Contributor | Part 4/5 | #55
*This entry is a continuation of 3 Role Types: Participant. Thus far we have established that the foundational roles of someone looking to join a community are:Observer role.Participant role.Contributor role.Each role comes with its own context, expectations and appropriate actions; and if we can make those easy to understand, follow and execute it makes creating a wonderful experience more likely. Let’s dive a bit deeper into the Contributor role. This roles purpose is to answer the question...
