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Pattern identification discussions
To build the team's ability to notice recurring patterns across situations. Periodically hold a discussion specifically focused on patterns: Internal patterns: What situations keep recurring? What problems do we solve repeatedly? Are there patterns in what goes well and what does not?… An ongoing team scaffold (dialogue session), run monthly or quarterly, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 45-60 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, systems-sensing
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (Monthly or quarterly)
Origin & where it lives
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Schedule and facilitate pattern discussions. When patterns are identified, follow through with structural responses rather than just noting them.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25