The CODE-X series catalogs a vast codex of source codes (aka “signs”) extracted from past audits.

Note that signs on their own, while sometimes interesting, only become truly revelatory and useful once they’re sorted into thematic complexes, and the complexes into codes, and the codes into a meaning map. We call this process “thick description”; the Code-X series is thin description.

“LESSONS LEARNED” NORM: Sharing what we’ve learned — very much including mistakes made along the way.

“LESSONS LEARNED” FORMS: Gesticulating — emphasizing our points. Tonality is candid — but also didactic. “Share the lessons we’ve learned.” “Open, honest, respectful.”

From a 2018 study of the EDUCATIONAL space, within the larger framework of CONVENING. How best to communicate teaching and learning for adults?