Great post! I especially like your description of the different Knights and of the “stag hunt” dynamic in general. I think I’ve very likely been in the white role at times in other groups. However, there’s a dynamic near to this one that I also see a lot—that’s one where all the relevant scaffolding has been built, the systems are in place, the group can start choosing “stag” if it wants to, but this isn’t common knowledge yet.
I have often encountered (what I believe to be) this second dynamic, and it strikes me as very important—if the situation really is such that a little push can tip the balance into the “stag” equilibrium, doing that is crucial! Distinguishing between these two states seems hard and I’d quite like to be better at it.
Great post! I especially like your description of the different Knights and of the “stag hunt” dynamic in general. I think I’ve very likely been in the white role at times in other groups. However, there’s a dynamic near to this one that I also see a lot—that’s one where all the relevant scaffolding has been built, the systems are in place, the group can start choosing “stag” if it wants to, but this isn’t common knowledge yet.
I have often encountered (what I believe to be) this second dynamic, and it strikes me as very important—if the situation really is such that a little push can tip the balance into the “stag” equilibrium, doing that is crucial! Distinguishing between these two states seems hard and I’d quite like to be better at it.