How things work together, don't fall apart, function
Social Architecture (and Build, i.e., Design-Build)
responding to the present
Inspired by the need to make tech usable, also UI, branding, comms, community, network - the core idea is "Usability", and specific design to make it more usable
the "user experience" for everyone involved
includes "Onboarding Architecture"
see Onboarding
making sure that the whole system is well designed for people - for an entire society of individuals using it - productive and inspirational to one another, and not destructive...
usability high
friction low
easy for people
problems solved, needs met
Pointers to low hanging fruit...
Must argue and advocate for this perspective, which is different from nearby perspectives (like just tech, or just people)...
Words
Actualization
Operationalization
Situational Leadership
Consensus (community mind?)
Good enough, move on (GEMO)
Good enough for now, safe enough to try
Participation
Enablement / Activation
Agency
Communication and Articulation of (Consensus, Decisions, Rationale, etc.)
Resolving Dissension
how do we allow for dissent and resolution
how do we know when things have gone from conflict to chaos, that needs to be handled
Appreciation / Acknowledgement
Different Roles / Personas
Leadership / Governance / Navigation
pattern of failure - end up with a cult of personality around a leader
Good - Steve Jobs galvanized tens of thousands of people and led them into a future
Bad - Oppressive / Tyranical leader who thinks he is god, surrounded by people who enable the organization to function
In Open Source - "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL)
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life
Benevolent - means they are oriented towards Good.
Dictator - means that they have a king / queen role in community, that they hardly ever use, but can when needed during formational stages.
For Life - means that they carry the torch until it is passed.
Protection - ability to fork / clone
Pattern of failure - when leader won't lead...
ALIGNMENT... TOWARDS A VISION... WHERE MOTIVATION TO TAKE INITIATIVE... fall away (in paid organizations)
REQUIRES A CRSTAL CLEAR VISION...
a BDFL can always help everyone see the vision better
Really clear vision
you reach milestones... where things have transformed... there was a clarion call... and now I am confused...
Authority comes from group knowledge that there is
a crystal clear vision
a multitude of advisors
a knowledge that deep thought and wisdom have gone in, and a desire to hear something very clear from the source idea holder.
Examples - Python, Linux,
Servant leadership
Phase / temporal nature of this
Building and Program Management
Social Architecture
How the tech interacts with the people, the people interact with the tech, and
Social Dimensions
The purest humanist part
Onboarding
Training
Conversational literacy
Leadership skills
Metrics
tools and training
Vision
Aligning and merging across time
Reports about work done
Forms
Needs
Leadership
Identification of potential
Training in leadership development
Enablement / empowerment / agency of all
how each individual can exhibit and grow into the leadership of which they are capable
The critical role of early entrepreneurial leadership in teams.
Teams
Formation and functioning of teams
Performance measurement, management, alignment, execution etc.
Infrastructure and Support
Ways of operating
imposing rules like "one topic at a time?"
Ways of Not Reverting to Old Models
A way of merging and aligning vision over time
How to make people feel loved, included, in the loop, credited, appreciated, acknowledged, etc.