Anatomy of an Omnipattern

If we treat patterns as situated hypotheses for acting under tension, and we express them through consequence-focused reflection, then they become portable, adaptive tools for navigating complexity across difference.

This pattern emerges when people want to document, share, or evolve ways of working without collapsing them into toolkits, checklists, or cultural generalisations. In complex environments, practices must remain revisable and grounded in lived experience.

We call them patterns, not practices, because a pattern is a reusable structure of action shaped by recurring tension and defined by its anticipated consequences. This definition follows the pragmatic maxim: meaning is found in what the pattern is expected to change in the world, not what it claims to represent

Patterns should support variation, reinterpretation, and collective inquiry. This anatomy exists to help hold that intent.