arkaos 2.57.0 → 2.58.0

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- 2.57.0
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  name: org/culture-define
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  description: >
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- Culture definition: values, behaviors, rituals, accountability mechanisms.
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+ Culture definition values (inversion-tested), observable behaviours,
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+ reinforcing rituals, decision principles, and operationalisation in hiring
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+ + performance + promotion.
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  # Culture Define — `/org culture`
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- > **Agent:** Sofia (COO) | **Framework:** Netflix Culture + Lencioni + Dalio
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+ > **Lead:** Sofia (COO) | **Cross-dept:** Tomas (Strategy) + Clara (KB) + Eduardo (Copy) + Marta (CQO) | **Frameworks:** Netflix Culture + Lencioni Five Dysfunctions + Dalio Principles + Inversion Test
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- ## What It Does
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+ ## What ships
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- Culture definition: values, behaviors, rituals, accountability mechanisms.
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+ A production culture document in 6 deliverables:
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- ## Output
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+ 1. **Cultural archaeology** — what's already true vs aspirational
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+ 2. **Values set** — 4-6 values that pass the inversion test
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+ 3. **Behaviour map** — 3-5 observable behaviours per value
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+ 4. **Ritual catalogue** — value-reinforcing rituals with owners + frequency
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+ 5. **Decision principles** — how the org decides, disagrees, commits
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+ 6. **Operationalisation plan** — culture wired into hiring + onboarding + performance + promotion
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- Culture document with lived values, expected behaviors, and reinforcement plan
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+ ## The Inversion Test (the only test that matters)
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+ A value passes the inversion test if **its opposite is a defensible position held by another reputable company**. Values that fail the inversion test are platitudes, not values.
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+ | Value | Inverse | Pass / Fail |
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+ | "Move fast" | "Move with deliberation, premortem every change" | PASS — Boeing, surgical software vendors |
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+ | "Customer obsession" | "Engineer obsession — make the system right, customers adapt" | PASS — Linux kernel, AWS internal services |
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+ | "Excellence" | (no defensible opposite — nobody says "mediocrity") | FAIL — platitude |
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+ | "Integrity" | (no defensible opposite — nobody says "dishonesty") | FAIL — platitude |
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+ | "Bias for action" | "Bias for analysis — measure twice, cut once" | PASS — research orgs, regulated industries |
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+ | "Radical candour" | "Diplomatic harmony — preserve relationships over signals" | PASS — Japanese corporate culture, diplomatic services |
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+ If you cannot name a real company that holds the opposite position, the value is not a value. Drop it.
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+ ## Cultural Archaeology (extract before defining)
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+ Before defining culture aspirationally, **map what already is**. Cultural artefacts to inspect:
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+ - **Slack/Discord patterns** — who responds when, what gets celebrated, what gets ignored
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+ - **Decision logs** — what got built vs what got rejected, with rationale
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+ - **Founder choices** — first hires, first firings, first product cuts
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+ - **Calendar reality** — what gets weekly time vs quarterly time vs never
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+ - **Recognition patterns** — who gets praised publicly, for what
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+ - **Conflict patterns** — how disagreement is surfaced, escalated, resolved
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+ Map the as-is. Then compare to the desired-is. The gap between as-is and desired-is is the culture-change work — and most of it is operationalisation, not aspiration.
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+ ## Behaviour Mapping (observable + coachable)
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+ Each value translates to 3-5 behaviours that are:
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+ - **Observable** — a third-party could watch and identify the behaviour
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+ - **Coachable** — a manager can give feedback specific to this behaviour
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+ - **Inversion-defensible** — the inverse behaviour would identifiably belong to a different value
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+ Example translation:
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+ ```yaml
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+ value: "Radical Candour"
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+ behaviours:
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+ - observable: "In meetings, names a disagreement explicitly within 30 seconds of forming it"
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+ coachable: "Manager can flag: 'You sat on that disagreement for 5 minutes before raising it. What kept you quiet?'"
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+ - observable: "Gives critical feedback to peers directly before going to manager"
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+ coachable: "Manager can flag: 'You came to me about Marco's work — have you told Marco first?'"
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+ - observable: "Writes the dissenting view in the decision document, not in DM"
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+ coachable: "Manager can flag: 'I see you DM'd me your concern — that belongs in the doc thread.'"
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+ ```
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+ Behaviours that aren't observable + coachable are aspirations, not culture.
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+ ## Ritual Catalogue (load-bearing rituals)
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+ Rituals reinforce values by repetition. Each ritual must:
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+ - **Have an owner** — named human who runs it
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+ - **Have a value it reinforces** — explicit link, not "team-building"
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+ - **Be load-bearing** — if removed, the value erodes
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+ - **Have a cadence** — daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly / annual
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+ Decorative rituals (Friday afternoon trivia with no value link) should be cut. Load-bearing rituals (Monday decision-log review reinforcing "Radical Candour") should be defended.
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+ Sample ritual catalogue format:
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+ ```yaml
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+ rituals:
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+ - name: "Decision Log Review"
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+ cadence: weekly
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+ owner: <coo>
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+ value_reinforced: Radical Candour + Document Everything
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+ description: 30min weekly review of decisions made + dissents noted
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+ load_bearing: yes # removing this means decisions lose dissent visibility
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+ ```
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+ ## Decision Principles
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+ How the org decides:
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+ ```yaml
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+ decision_principles:
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+ fast_lane:
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+ criteria: "Reversible, contained blast radius, single owner can decide"
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+ process: "DRI decides, posts decision in #decisions, moves on"
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+ slow_lane:
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+ criteria: "Irreversible, cross-team impact, or > $X spend"
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+ process: "RFC posted, 1-week comment period, decision meeting, exec sign-off if > $Y"
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+ disagree_and_commit:
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+ when: "Decision is made and you dissented"
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+ expected_behaviour: "Make the decision succeed as if it were yours"
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+ escalation:
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+ when: "Cannot reach decision within timebox"
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+ process: "Escalate to specific named human, no triangulation"
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+ ```
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+ Decision principles must be specific enough to predict behaviour, not vague enough to mean nothing.
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+ ## Operationalisation (the hard part)
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+ Values without operational integration are wall posters. Wire culture into:
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+ ### Hiring
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+ - Interview rubrics test for each value's observable behaviours
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+ - "Culture interview" measures inverse-test alignment, not generic "good fit"
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+ - Reject criteria: candidate who consistently exhibits inverse behaviours
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+ ### Onboarding
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+ - Day 1: Values + behaviour map + inversion test framing
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+ - Week 2: Shadowing of load-bearing rituals
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+ - Month 1: Reflection conversation — which values felt foreign vs native?
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+ ### Performance Review
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+ - Behaviour-specific feedback against each value's observable list
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+ - "What value did you most embody this period? What evidence?"
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+ - Areas-for-development tied to specific behaviours
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+ ### Promotion
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+ - Each level requires demonstrating specific behaviours
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+ - Senior level requires modelling behaviours to others
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+ - Lead level requires defending values when convenient to violate them
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+ ## Common Failure Modes
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+ 1. **Platitude values** — "Excellence", "Integrity", "Innovation" without inverses. Drop them
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+ 2. **As-is denial** — defining the aspirational culture without mapping the actual culture. Gap becomes invisible
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+ 3. **Decorative rituals** — Friday trivia with no value link. Cut it
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+ 4. **Behaviours without observability** — "be a team player" is not a behaviour, "names disagreement within 30 seconds" is
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+ 5. **Wall poster syndrome** — values defined but not wired into hiring / performance / promotion. Operationalisation is 80% of the work
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+ ## Output → Obsidian: `WizardingCode/Org/Culture/<company>-<date>/`
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+ Delivers: cultural archaeology (as-is map) + values set (inversion-tested) + behaviour map (3-5 observable behaviours per value) + ritual catalogue (load-bearing only) + decision principles + operationalisation plan (hiring + onboarding + performance + promotion) + 1-page executive summary.
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+ id: org-culture
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+ name: Culture Definition
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+ description: Define organisational culture explicitly — values + behaviours + rituals + decision principles — that can be operationalised in hiring, performance, and decision-making
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+ department: org
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+ tier: enterprise
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+ command: "/org culture"
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+ requires_branch: false
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+ requires_spec: false
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+ quality_gate_required: true
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+ phases:
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+ - id: brief
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+ name: Culture Brief
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+ description: Define company stage, current culture state (default-on or explicit), audience for the document
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Frame company stage, current culture state, audience
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User confirms scope and audience
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+ - id: archaeology
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+ name: Cultural Archaeology
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+ description: Extract the existing implicit culture from artefacts — Slack patterns, email norms, decisions taken, founder choices
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Cultural artefact analysis — what's already true vs aspirational
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+ - agent_id: kb-curator-clara
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+ role: Mine the KB for founder stories, public statements, recurring decision patterns
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+ parallel: true
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User approves the as-is culture map
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+ - id: values-set
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+ name: Values Set (Real, Not Marketing)
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+ description: Define 4-6 values that pass the inversion test — values whose opposites are also defensible positions held by other companies
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Values selection with inversion test per value
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+ - agent_id: strategy-director-tomas
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+ role: Strategic coherence — do values reinforce competitive position?
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+ parallel: true
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User approves values set
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+ outputs:
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+ - type: document
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+ format: markdown
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+ obsidian_path: "WizardingCode/Org/Culture/Values/"
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+ description: Values set with inversion test + strategic rationale per value
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+ - id: behaviours
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+ name: Behaviour Mapping
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+ description: Translate each value to 3-5 concrete behaviours that are observable and coachable
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Per-value behaviour mapping with observable + coachable criteria
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User approves behaviour map
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+ - id: rituals
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+ name: Rituals & Practices
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+ description: Identify the rituals that reinforce values — weekly cadences, decision rituals, recognition patterns, retrospective formats
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Ritual catalogue with frequency + owner + value-reinforced per ritual
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User approves ritual catalogue
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+ - id: decision-principles
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+ name: Decision Principles
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+ description: Codify decision principles — when do we decide fast vs slow, who decides what, how do we disagree, how do we commit
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Decision principles with examples per principle
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+ - agent_id: cqo-marta
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+ role: Quality + governance integration check
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+ parallel: true
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User approves decision principles
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+ - id: operationalisation
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+ name: Operationalisation
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+ description: Wire culture into hiring, onboarding, performance review, promotion criteria
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Operational integration plan per HR surface
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+ gate:
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+ type: user_approval
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+ description: User approves operationalisation plan
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+ - id: self-critique
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+ name: Self-Critique
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+ description: Stress-test — does each value pass the inversion test? Are behaviours observable? Are rituals load-bearing or decorative?
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Culture coherence check + decorative-ritual elimination
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+ gate:
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+ type: auto
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+ - id: quality-gate
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+ name: Quality Gate
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+ model_override: opus
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+ description: Mandatory quality review
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: cqo-marta
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+ role: Orchestrate quality review
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+ - agent_id: copy-director-eduardo
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+ role: Values prose, no aspirational clichés, behaviour specificity
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+ parallel: true
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+ - agent_id: tech-director-francisca
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+ role: Operationalisation feasibility, observability of behaviours, ritual ownership clarity
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+ parallel: true
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+ gate:
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+ type: quality_gate
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+ required_verdict: APPROVED
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+ - id: delivery
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+ name: Culture Document Delivery
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+ description: Compile the culture document — values + behaviours + rituals + decision principles + operationalisation
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+ agents:
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+ - agent_id: coo-sofia
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+ role: Full culture document + 1-page executive summary
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+ gate:
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+ type: auto
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+ outputs:
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+ - type: document
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+ format: markdown
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+ obsidian_path: "WizardingCode/Org/Culture/"
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+ description: Complete culture document — values (inversion-tested) + behaviours + rituals + decision principles + operationalisation plan + exec summary
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  "name": "arkaos",
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  "description": "The Operating System for AI Agent Teams",
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  "type": "module",
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  "bin": {
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  [project]
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  name = "arkaos-core"
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  description = "Core engine for ArkaOS — The Operating System for AI Agent Teams"
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  readme = "README.md"
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  license = {text = "MIT"}