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Game Changing Curriculum

Frame — systems doctor

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Challenge Types:

Identifying — HS101

Ideating — see below

Implementing — ALC?

From Variables

⚙️ DURABILITY

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permanance is a problem
  • establishing vegas rules
  • anonymity moves
  • eliminating observers / transcription mechanisms and devices
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transience is a problem
  • creating oath and commitment structures
  • ownership moves
  • authorizing observers / transcription mechanisms and devices

⚙️ STATUS

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heirarchy is causing problems
  • name your agency
  • perform the kindly brontasaurus
  • make heirarchies and power tactics explicit
  • plan a coup
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flatness is causing problems
  • recruit others to your (or someone else's) vision
  • employ power tactics (see Trading Tactics)
  • make individual skills and strengths explicit
  • establish a leadership structure

⚙️ STAKES

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high stakes are causing problems
  • identify willing helpers and support systems
  • employ a memento mori phrase (to relativize the frame)
  • eliminate or change incentive schemes
  • find other ways to lower the stakes
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low stakes are causing problems
  • identify the real, unseen consequences of failure
  • employ an epic narrative
  • introduce an incentive scheme
  • find other ways to raise the stakes
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unclear stakes are causing problems
  • explore possible outcomes and their likelyhood
  • refocus on a pure value

From Hard Steps

💡 Create a wiki of games and game elements that address these:

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Logistics and Resources (equipment, people, time, timing, setting)

remember, identity, find, arrange, collect, build, borrow, gather, select, find, get on board, convince, build relationships with, notice, make, schedule, imagine, find, set up, negotiate, decorate

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People: me, the other, the audience (capacity, needs, skills, ability, mood/emotions)

assess, bolster, provide support, keep in mind, make space for, listen to, ask about, practice, grow, accomodate, make space for, acklowledge, change plans for, improvise, change gears, model, forsee, track, notice, identify, name, process, make time for, sit with, don't get drawn into

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Relationship: with myself, the other, the audience (sense of safety, trust, how I am seen and understood, status, durability, communication, willingness to cooperate)

assess, reassure, call to mind, remember, remind, provide support, keep in mind, ask about, model, step into their shoes, remember, ask about, listen to, adjust course, take into account, change, remember, remind, track over time, ignore, make space for, address

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Consequences living by this value might have

assess, accept, sit with, make space for, hear out, mitigate, prepare for, remember, change, ignore