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Patterns are not labels for people or organisations.
They describe repeatable system mechanics that persist even when individuals change.
This pattern library is not exhaustive.
Patterns are named as they are observed, tested across contexts, and refined over time.
Inclusion here does not imply completeness, nor does absence imply nonexistence.

Team members relying on one leader’s vision instead of forming their own, illustrating the proxy purpose pattern.

Proxy Purpose

A person anchors their direction, confidence or decision-making in someone...

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A team struggling to identify the true decision-maker amid contradictory instructions, illustrating the power fog pattern.

Power Fog

A system where authority is unclear and accountability is blurred....

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An employee mediating between leadership and the team to stabilise communication, illustrating the buffering rupture pattern.

Buffering Rupture

A person informally absorbs organisational instability, preventing leadership chaos from...

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