Resources
These documents are designed to support orientation and coordination under threshold conditions. They can be used independently or together.
How to Use These Materials
These documents are orientation tools.
Return to them when:
A coalition begins to fracture
Consensus efforts stall
Institutional legitimacy narrows
Plans no longer match conditions
Responsibilities remain but coherence thins
They are designed to help you see clearly and act responsibly without manufacturing stability that no longer exists.
1. Coordination Under Strain
A strategic brief for leaders and coalitions
A field memo describing why well-intentioned coordination breaks down under current conditions and how to design collaboration that matches reality.
Intended for:
Coalition directors
Institutional leaders
Foundation strategists
Public-sector decision-makers
2. Threshold Conditions Diagnostic
A practical tool for assessing your coordination environment
A short assessment to help teams determine whether they are operating under threshold conditions and what implications follow.
Use this tool to:
Diagnose stalled initiatives
Identify hidden constraints
Clarify readiness for collaboration
Avoid investing in processes that cannot succeed under current conditions
3. Cooperation Under Threshold Conditions
A strategic brief for governance, risk, and institutional leadership
A deeper synthesis for leaders, policymakers, risk analysts, and strategists navigating cascading crises, fractured sensemaking, and declining institutional capacity. This strategic brief outlines core principles, applications across domains, and limits of the approach.
4. Practitioner Framework
Applied guidance for coordination across difference
A deeper exploration of the principles behind this work, including boundaries, triage, movement ecology, and shared material stakes.
Designed for practitioners already working in complexity.
5. Essays & Field Notes
Shorter reflections and applied insights exploring coordination, ecological limits, governance strain, and responsibility under transition.