Tags on Patterns

Page copied over from Wagn. Most of this data was conceived and entered by John Abbe.

Patterns tagged with belief

Each of these patterns names and/or rests on an important phenomenon which we believe is always present. We often find great value and power in putting attention on these phenomena, helping other group members to notice them, working/playing with what they bring, and nurturing their manifestation in positive directions. Some of them could (not that they all should, given other considerations) be renamed to make sense as beliefs, i.e.:

Always Something To Appreciate (and Good Faith Assumptions is a subset of this, about people in particular)
Good Faith Assumptions -> Good Faith (or Good Intent; see its discussion section)
Power Shift -> Power Differences
Trust the Wisdom of the Group -> Group Wisdom

Appreciation

Emergence

Fractal

Good Faith Assumptions

Group Culture

Magic

Power of Constraints

Power Shift

Spirit

Unity and Diversity

Patterns tagged with container

These patterns relate to the context of the work you are doing with a group - mostly answering the questions who, where and how long? The key card is Preparedness, or maybe Hosting.

Also see the context category.

Aesthetics of Space

Circle

Closing

Experts on Tap

Gaia

History and Context

Hosting

Invitation

Nooks in Space and Time

Opening and Welcome

Power of Constraints

Power of Place

Preparedness

Purpose

Setting Intention

Spirit

Trajectory

Whole System in the Room

Patterns tagged with holding

These patterns manifest a strong holding energy, caring for individuals, subgroups and/or the group as a whole. The key card is Holding Space.

Appropriate Boundaries

Courageous Modelling

Embrace Dissonance and Difference

Holding Space

Hosting

Tend Relationships

Unity and Diversity

Witness with Compassion

Patterns tagged with in and out

These patterns are about how and from who/where you take things in, and what and how you let out what you have to offer the group. The key card would ideally be a non-duality juxtaposing Listening and Naming.

All Grist for the Mill

Listening

Mirroring

Naming

Transparency

Value the Margins

Patterns tagged with membership

These patterns have to do with who is participating and who is not.

Appropriate Boundaries

Experts on Tap

Gaia

Invitation

Subgroup and Whole Group

Value the Margins

Viewpoint Shift

Whole System in the Room

Patterns tagged with mode

Group modes other than open conversation. Mode Choice is the key card.

Deliberate

Expressive Arts

Generate Possibilities

Harvesting

Inquiry

Mapping and Measurement

Mode Choice

Playfulness

Rest

Ritual

Silence

Story

Patterns tagged with non-duality

These patterns explore a pair of qualities or practices that could seem opposed. We generally look to balance, or transcend-and-include the two.

For each of these there are patterns which represent one or both sides of the duality:

Structure: Power of Constraints — Flexibility: Improvise

Divergence: Value the Margins — Convergence: Moving toward Alignment

Reflection: Deliberate — Action: ?? (many of the patterns, really)

Forest: History and Context — Trees: ??

Subgroup: ?? — Whole Group: Whole System in the Room

Unity: Common Ground — Diversity: Honour Each Person?

Seasoned Timing transcends and includes the duality of Follow the Energy and Priority Focus.

There are also pairs of patterns for which there is no corresponding duality.

Balance Process and Content

Balance Structure and Flexibility

Divergence and Convergence Rhythm

Reflection-Action Cycle

Seeing the Forest, Seeing the Trees

Subgroup and Whole Group

Unity and Diversity

Patterns tagged with power

These patterns have a shift in power dynamics as a key feature, usually in a more egalitarian direction.

Experts on Tap

Guerrilla Facilitation

Power Shift

Shared Airtime

Shared Leadership and Roles

Taking Responsibility

Patterns tagged with recognize

These are patterns we are more likely to recognize as having occurred--either as context or outcome--rather than having control over them. On the outcome/emergence ones, we can invite them but that's different from being able to explicitly "do" them.

These patterns are also different from the ones that are mainly about our attention or attitude, such as All Grist for the Mill or Unity and Diversity.

Challenge

Emergence

History and Context

Magic

Patterns tagged with rhythm

These patterns have to do with timing - what to next, what's in the flow? Be aware of and work with the group's rhythm and pacing.

Also see the flow category.

Balance Process and Content

Balance Structure and Flexibility

Dive In

Divergence and Convergence Rhythm

Feedback

Follow the Energy

Improvise

Iteration

Moving toward Alignment

Priority Focus

Reflection-Action Cycle

Seasoned Timing

Patterns tagged with shift

These are about shifts in attention, intention, or beliefs. They can be outcomes which emerge, and they can also be invited. They tend to affect one another like dominoes falling - that is, when one shift emerges or is invited, others often follow. The key card could be Emergence, or Magic.

Appreciation

Commitment

Common Ground

Emergence

Go Deeper

Good Faith Assumptions

Inquiry

Letting Go

Magic

Not about You

Power Shift

Seeing the Forest, Seeing the Trees

Taking Responsibility

Time Shift

Translation

Viewpoint Shift

Patterns tagged with space

These patterns have to do with the physical space a group is in.

Aesthetics of Space

Circle

Gaia

Holding Space

Hosting

Nooks in Space and Time

Power of Constraints

Power of Place

Patterns tagged with time

These patterns have to do with time in relation to group events, some referring to a typical phase of an event, others relating in more general ways (e.g. Iteration).

Relevant patterns in typical time-order:

Hosting / Holding Space

Trajectory

Opening and Welcome

Nooks in Space and Time

Iteration

Closing

Closing

Holding Space

Hosting

Invitation

Iteration

Nooks in Space and Time

Opening and Welcome

Power of Constraints

Preparedness

Setting Intention

Trajectory

Patterns tagged with trust

These patterns rest on a deep trust, that things will be okay or that anyway we will be able to handle whatever comes.

All Grist for the Mill

Appreciation

Dive In

Emergence

Follow the Energy

Good Faith Assumptions

Trust the Wisdom of the Group

Witness with Compassion