## Concept of the Energy Hump and Catalysis ### Facilitator Prompts - Let’s name the point where collaboration usually stalls. - What is the moment people quietly step back rather than step in? - What feels genuinely costly here, not in theory but in practice? ### Project Stage - **Early stage**: Naming friction and hidden costs - **Mid stage**: Testing whether the hump can be reduced - **Late stage**: Verifying whether the hump has actually been crossed ### Role-Based Questions - **Authors / Creators**: What makes you hesitate to collaborate here? - **Coordinators**: Where do people drop out or go quiet? - **Funders / Supporters**: What risks feel unclear or unacknowledged? - **Contributors**: What would need to change for participation to feel worthwhile? --- ## The Role of a Catalyst ### Facilitator Prompts - Let’s distinguish between force and facilitation. - What reduces effort without increasing pressure? - What would make cooperation feel lighter rather than urgent? ### Project Stage - **Early stage**: Identifying possible catalytic mechanisms - **Mid stage**: Observing whether effort decreases - **Late stage**: Assessing whether the catalyst is reusable ### Role-Based Questions - **Authors / Creators**: What support would actually help you work together? - **Coordinators**: What can you remove rather than add? - **Funders / Supporters**: What signals would show a catalyst is working? - **Contributors**: What would make participation feel safe enough to try? --- ## Application to Social and Digital Spaces ### Facilitator Prompts - What parts of this problem are structural rather than personal? - Where does software genuinely help, and where does it not? - What agreements are we implicitly relying on? ### Project Stage - **Early stage**: Choosing tools and structures - **Mid stage**: Stress-testing digital commitments - **Late stage**: Evaluating whether tools reduced friction ### Role-Based Questions - **Authors / Creators**: What tools support your work rather than distract? - **Coordinators**: Where does structure clarify or confuse? - **Funders / Supporters**: What governance gives you confidence? - **Contributors**: What commitments feel reasonable to make digitally? --- ## Challenges and Opportunities ### Facilitator Prompts - What effort is being made that is not compounding? - Where does energy dissipate instead of accumulate? - What are we avoiding finishing? ### Project Stage - **Early stage**: Allowing exploration - **Mid stage**: Shifting from learning to producing - **Late stage**: Deciding whether to complete or stop ### Role-Based Questions - **Authors / Creators**: What would “finished enough” look like? - **Coordinators**: Where is clarity missing? - **Funders / Supporters**: What outcome would justify further support? - **Contributors**: What would make this feel like progress, not drift? --- ## The Importance of Coordination ### Facilitator Prompts - What must be done together, not individually? - What needs synchronisation rather than autonomy? - What happens if we don’t coordinate this part? ### Project Stage - **Early stage**: Agreeing on shared focus - **Mid stage**: Enforcing coordination points - **Late stage**: Delivering and releasing together ### Role-Based Questions - **Authors / Creators**: When does coordination help your work? - **Coordinators**: Where is alignment breaking down? - **Funders / Supporters**: What proof of coordination do you need? - **Contributors**: What commitments are fair to expect from everyone? --- ## Institutional Catalysts and Digital Institutions ### Facilitator Prompts - In what way is this already an institution? - What energy does this structure channel? - Who is it accountable to? ### Project Stage - **Early stage**: Framing purpose and legitimacy - **Mid stage**: Testing institutional behaviour - **Late stage**: Demonstrating value and reuse ### Role-Based Questions - **Authors / Creators**: How does this institution support your purpose? - **Coordinators**: What keeps the institution coherent? - **Funders / Supporters**: What makes this trustworthy? - **Contributors**: Why would you stay involved over time?