Glossary

the capacity to metabolize fragmentation under load without shedding responsibility (coherence).

Autonomous. System-like. Member of any number of systems.

Actor. Looping. Non-embodied. Fancy math collapsing ambiguity.

Missing context to resolve fragmented reality, into a coherent model.

A primary developmental (in)variant of systemic.engineering. A qualifier for: Structures. Systems. Actors. Frames. .. Something is coherent when it actively integrates fragmentation under load without shedding responsibility.

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An intrinsic property of a system that constrains the possibility space of all future development. Primary Change those, it’s now a different system. In Domain-Driven Design terms: core. Secondary Change those, it’s still the same system — but it behaves differently over time. In Domain-Driven Design terms: supporting or generic.

Encoded divergent realities. Divergent realities are a primary developmental (in)variant in human systems. The direct result is fragmentation. In organizations. In processes. In teams. In code. In people.

the expected possibility space of an interaction, that which can be expressed freely, without causing dysregulation (Frame Violation). Implicit Assumed by participants. Based on past interactions and relevant social frames. Explicit Explicitly communicated through language, e.g. meeting agenda.

A statement or question, to influence another actor, to enter a frame.

When an actor, violates the constraints, of a shared frame.

A primary developmental (in)variant of systemic.engineering. A property of: Organizations. Structure. Systems. Language. .. Active integration of fragmentation and the constraints that lead to it.

Signal. Complex. Ambiguous. Connects systems. Spoken truth becomes Mnemetics.

The transfer of lived experience from an actor into a system through active integration.

maintaining coherence under load — across humans, organizations, and technology.

A stock. A function. Maintaining system coherence under load.

A stock is an accumulation—a pool of things you can count at any instant. Stocks give systems memory and inertia. Source: https://teachyourselfsystems.com/stocks-and-flows

An embodied practice. Engineering human systems. Maintaining coherence under load. Until fragmentation sparks. And causality stops walking in straight lines. (In)variants * Coherence (primary) * Intersectionality (primary) * Embodied (primary) * Humor (secondary)

Coherent. Local. Intersection of active frames. An inner join.