To use the Human Systems

, you must start with two things: (1) a social process you want to redesign, and (2) a suppressed value in the current design. For instance you could redesign...

[Facebook New Feed] around the suppressed value of [open-minded political debate]
[family dinners] around the suppressed value of [free expression of feelings and desires]
[classroom workgroups] around the suppressed value of [learner self-direction]

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Before you work with us, it helps to make a list of several potential projects. You can use the "Examples of Social Processes" chart below to think of things you'd like to redesign, and come up with a suppressed value for each. (For more on finding suppressed values, See

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🚧 Team Values Articulation 🦺

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What the Hell are Values?, Part 1

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Social Systems You Could Redesign

A social process is something a group of people do that can be described as a game: composed of roles, rules, and steps, where it goes roughly the same way every time.

Room-scale

Group practices party formats, bars, clubs, debate structures, group therapy or support practices, church meetings, improv scores

Family & shared living family dinner, chores, partnership expectations, parent-child time

Rituals daily practices, weddings, funerals, coming of age, new team members, trials

Org-scale

Organizational policies promotions reviews, project planning meetings, budget allocation, stand-ups, reporting structures

Workplaces team checkins, lunches, group physical activities

Schools grading, classroom exercises, teamwork structures, credentialing practices

Society-scale

Political institutions voting, unemployment centers, court procedures, legislative decision-making, licensing practices, prisons and rehabilitation centers, city volunteering, online governance

Social apps news feeds, matchmaking apps, online social spaces, chatrooms, onboarding flows, community reviews, work tracking, asynchronous sharing, scheduling, marketplaces