Yeah. Other than stag hunts, watching out for and having strategies for interfacing with Black, White, and Red Knights is by far the most useful takeaway for me as a team leader. I feel like I can’t emphasize enough how important those three are to my model of social dynamics; they’re probably going to crop up in several other essays.
I was surprised to hear that you ended up with Red Knights in Dragon Army. I would tend to fit that stereotype myself, I think, but your original post made it very clear what to expect going in. I’m surprised that anybody made it past that filter with Red Knight tendencies, while not being consciously aware of needing to rein them in as part of the experiment.
Agreed. I strongly identify with the description of the Red Knight (and somewhat the description of both the other two knights as well), and was therefore Not Interested in Dragon Army. To the point that I posted some strong critiques of the idea, though hopefully in a constructive manner.
I would be interested in a retrospective of how the people who inhabited that role ended up joining Dragon Army. What was the bug there? I though Duncan was admirably clear about how much it was a non-Red Knight-friendly zone.
Reading your post made me think of occasions when I’ve been a White Knight in some project, and also of occasions when I’ve become a Black Knight in response.
Interestingly, while the Red Knight description also resonated as true in the sense of “yeah I’ve been that person”, my initial sense-of-recognition was a memory of occasions when I was annoyed by people who were Red Knighting while I was trying to White Knight.
Yeah. Other than stag hunts, watching out for and having strategies for interfacing with Black, White, and Red Knights is by far the most useful takeaway for me as a team leader. I feel like I can’t emphasize enough how important those three are to my model of social dynamics; they’re probably going to crop up in several other essays.
I was surprised to hear that you ended up with Red Knights in Dragon Army. I would tend to fit that stereotype myself, I think, but your original post made it very clear what to expect going in. I’m surprised that anybody made it past that filter with Red Knight tendencies, while not being consciously aware of needing to rein them in as part of the experiment.
I, too, was surprised. That first night. Very much wrongfooted me. Was not expecting it.
Agreed. I strongly identify with the description of the Red Knight (and somewhat the description of both the other two knights as well), and was therefore Not Interested in Dragon Army. To the point that I posted some strong critiques of the idea, though hopefully in a constructive manner.
I would be interested in a retrospective of how the people who inhabited that role ended up joining Dragon Army. What was the bug there? I though Duncan was admirably clear about how much it was a non-Red Knight-friendly zone.
Reading your post made me think of occasions when I’ve been a White Knight in some project, and also of occasions when I’ve become a Black Knight in response.
Interestingly, while the Red Knight description also resonated as true in the sense of “yeah I’ve been that person”, my initial sense-of-recognition was a memory of occasions when I was annoyed by people who were Red Knighting while I was trying to White Knight.