Illustration by Ronja Polzin — roevardotter.de/

Illustration by Ronja Polzin — roevardotter.de/

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/724f83e2-68ae-4440-ab09-cf86ed88bbeb/Untitled.png

What is it & Why is it important

How to use it / The Rules.

One person in the group shares a story about an event, workplace, relationship, or other social system in which a value is being blocked. The rest of the group tries to salvage the situation by changing it's structural features to support the value.

Beginners will definitely want to refer to "A List of Structural Features" below. Try to imagine the strategies that different goals are likely to encourage people to pursue. Think through the expectations that various setups imply. How could things be arranged differently to encourage strategies and expectations that support the value?

It's also fun and insightful to play the inverse game — Structural Features: Sabotage in which you take environments that work for a value and try to undermine them in subtle and creative ways.

Happy tinkering!

Cheat Sheet

Watch out for these common mistakes