Working paper · In progress
Building Through Emergence
A working blueprint for observing, building, operating, and learning together while preserving human dignity and the capacity to change.
A growing working library
Writing
Ideas, observations, and practices for doing meaningful things together. Follow a question, find something to try, or see where the thinking is still open.
13 entries
Working paper · In progress
Adaptive Collaboration
A working investigation into attention, shared reality, and structures that emerge from how people actually collaborate.
Case study · In progress
Lunch coordination: contribute at the moment that makes sense
A working case about moving build-day lunch choices out of one organizer’s phone and into a shared flow, with explicit decisions, exceptions, and learning for the next run.
Current model · In progress
The System of Work
My current orientation to the systems that help people do meaningful things together, and how the model develops through practice.
Context · In progress
Titanic’s End: building the conditions for a volunteer community
An ongoing context for my volunteer work across camp operations, culture, hands-on building, and the software that helps people contribute together.
Case study · In progress
A builder model for a volunteer community
A working case about connecting contribution, software delivery, and camp culture through shared capabilities and safeguards that remain open to revision.
Playbook · From the archive
Decision Records
Structure for thinking through problems systematically without bureaucracy
Playbook · From the archive
Two Types of Decisions
Not all decisions are equal - some are easy to reverse, some lock you in
Playbook · From the archive
The DRI Principle
Every important outcome needs one person who is ultimately responsible
Playbook · From the archive
First Principles Thinking
Reasoning from fundamental truths rather than copying what others do
Playbook · From the archive
Invariants and Values
The principles that define who you are and must never change
Playbook · From the archive
How Problems Scale
Understanding how costs grow helps you make better decisions about when to act
Playbook · From the archive
Everything Is a Trade-Off
Every choice means choosing one thing at the cost of something else