The Drim Framework
The Drim Framework is a framework of simple frameworks for dramatically improving any challenging situation or thing.
The Drim Framework
The Drim Framework is the foundation of the drim discipline, toolset, solution set and practice.
It will enable you to develop your own drim solutions and get the most benefit from the solution library in the next section of the site.
In fact, merely reading this section will catalyse latent ingenuity within your brain and result in new ideas and perspectives over the next few minutes, hours and days.
You'll benefit most if you have a challenging situation in mind to apply the framework to.
Introduction
Intro to Drim
What are we talking about here?
Intro to Drim
Dramatic Improvement is the discipline, framework and practice of deliberately and systematically improving any situation or thing dramatically.
The Drim Framework is highly compatible - rather than competitive - with all other techniques and approaches: by intent, definition and design.
It enables anyone to secure significant gains - nearly immediately - in any challenging situation.
The Drim Concept
Once you'e grasped the idea, you'll find yourself applying it automatically.
The Drim Concept
The basic idea is that every single situation can be improved dramatically, by anyone.
The trick is to use simple, universal dramatic improvement patterns.
Examples across common domains, dimensions and arenas, make it quicker and easier.
Dramatic Improvement is a thinking virus: familiarity - and even exposure - to the framework and solutions, results in an immediate jump in automatic and intuitive drim insight and capability.
The Drim Discovery Story
The discovery that challenging situations are made up of repeating patterns.
The Drim Discovery Story
In an attempt to distinguish between competing breakthrough thinking techniques, it dawned on Gary Bartlett (Prodsol's Founder) that they were, really, versions of a deeper, simpler reality.
This led to the discovery of The Repeating Pattern Phenomenon, Pattern Thinking and the development of a taxonomy and library of drim solution patterns.
This website is an evolving vehicle for disseminating these insights, civilisation-wide, as affordably and virally as possible - and supporting organisations and individuals in applying and implementing them.
The Framework
The Drim Manifesto
Dramatic Improvement is ALWAYS possible.
The Drim Manifesto
Fact: Drim is always feasible - always.
Key: Leverage - it increases with complexity.
Problem: We can't see the leverage points.
Reason: Multi-dimensional complexity.
Insight: Reality comprises repeating patterns.
Solution: Use patterns as cognitive scaffolding.
Implications: Anyone can learn to do it.
The Drim Dimensions
Six primary dramatic improvement facets of every challenging situation.
The Drim Dimensions
Flow: The speed and rate that stuff is produced.
Ingenuity: Simple counter-intuitive solutions.
Change: Transitioning from old to new.
Mastery: Knowledge, expertise & experience.
Synergy: 2 + 2 = 5: things and people.
Understanding: Alignment of beliefs with reality.
Familiarity with the six drim dimensions and their simple, counter-intuitive drim leverage patterns, makes drim way easier.
The Drim Dimension Solution Patterns
The universal solution patterns for the six primary dramatic improvement facets of every challenging situation.
The Drim Dimension Solution Patterns
Flow: Optimise bottleneck throughput.
Ingenuity: Generate and integrate alternatives.
Change: use pull instead of push.
Mastery: Detect failure/success modes up-front.
Synergy: Use apparent conflicts as leverage.
Understanding: Hunt for belief:reality misalignment.
Familiarity with these simple, counter-intuitive drim leverage patterns, makes drim way easier.
The Primary Drim Arenas
There are both universal and specific drim patterns for each arena and domain of life.
The Primary Drim Arenas
Drim Solutions are simple and (of necessity) counter-intuitive and invariably take advantage of (rather than fighting) the situational forces that constrain the improvement we're seeking. They include:
Personal Drim Solutions: Provisional set.
Community Drim Solutions: Coming soon.
Organisational Drim Solutions: Provisional set.
National Drim Solutions: Coming soon.
Civilisation Drim Solutions: Coming soon.
How to find Custom Drim Leverage Patterns
A simple technique for finding the repeating drim leverage pattern(s) in any challenging situation.
How to find Custom Drim Leverage Patterns
The technique is called GPS(Goal|Problem|Solution) Pattern. Use Pattern Thinking to find the:
Goal Pattern: The repeating patterns across all Drim Outcomes for all parties.
Problem Pattern: The repeating pattern across all Goal-preventing Challenges.
Solution Pattern: The repeating pattern across all Leverage Solution Ideas for overcoming the Problem and achieving the Goal.
Drim Stories
A library of dramatic improvement stories to make it easier for us to remember drim solution details.
Drim Stories
Stories are a powerful way to help us learn, remember and apply important concepts and principles.
In due course, this section will contain:
- At least one story for each Drim Dimension.
- A collection of stories for each Drim Solution Arena and
- Well-known business novel book abstracts and summaries.
We use case stories from our own work, all the time.
The Drim Method
The Drim Method is a simple set of steps for identifying and applying the Drim Manifesto and Dimensions to a challenging situation or thing.
The Drim Method
Move down the flow-chart until your solution is good enough - for now - and implement, returning to the method, as required.
- Adopt the Drim Mindset: Look in drim-space, not settle-space.
- Look for Leverage Pattern Matches: drim dimensions, drim stories, drim arenas.
- Build a (set of) Custom Drim Leverage Pattern(s): Find patterns across inadequate solutions.
Most of the time, the second step is more than enough.
How to Grow Drim Capability
Series of steps to deliberately accelerate drim insight and capability.
How to Grow Drim Capability
Absorb: Explore and familiarise yourself with drim concepts and solutions.
Integrate new and existing drim patterns - to codify and extend your existing library.
Practice : Apply drim. Practice applying it. Make drim part of your normal practice.
Collaborate: Explore, discuss and teach drim and work with others on drim projects.
Drim is an infinite cycle of ever-improving performance and satisafaction, so it's an ongoing, unending cycle.
Implications
The implications are huge and apply to every single challenging situation or thing we face - individually and collectively.
Implications
Whatever opportunity or challenging situation you - or we all - face right now can be improved dramatically - no matter how intractable it may seem.
So whether you:
- Aspire to (even) better insight, results or impact.
- Face seemingly intractable challenges,
- Feel too under pressure for something new or
- Merely revel in counter-intuitive ideas...
... drim could make all the difference to your world.
Is Drim for You?
The Drim Framework IS for you if:
A quick affirmative diagnostic to help you decide that drim is what you need at this point in your journey. It highlights some facets of the journey that may or may not appeal to you.
The Drim Framework IS for you if:
- Your appetite and aspirations for impact exceed what you're currently confident of securing.
- The idea of using a framework to focus and catalyse your energy and creativity appeals to you.
- You can cope with adapting concepts to your reality - not everyone can!
- You grasp and embrace the idea of continuous effort and focus over an extended period of time.
- You like the idea of repeating patterns - and intervening at the pattern-level.
The Drim Framework IS NOT for you if:
A quick negative diagnostic to help you work out whether drim is indeed what you need at this point in your journey.
It may be a timing thing - or merely incompatible with the way you think and go about things!
The Drim Framework IS NOT for you if:
- You need and want only marginally better results - at the moment - and are confident of getting them.
- You'd like better results, but are looking for a single simple thing you can set and forget.
- You think that a framework will stifle your creativity.
- You already have your own dramatic framework - and don't think that this one will add enough to it to justify the time and energy.
- You prefer inventing your own solutions, than adapting and adopting other people's solutions.
Take Action
Next Steps
...to find out more.
- Grow your Drim Capability - see the How-To, above.
- Use this site situationally, to prompt you with Drim Solutions and Insights.
- Check out additional steps on the reverse of this flashcard.
Next Steps
- Browse the rest of this site - to get a clearer idea.
- Become a member (free or very affordable) to get the detail and participate in more in-depth discussion and get community support.
- Attend webinar and/or online coaching programmes.
- Get personal/organisational support if you need it.
- Join the Drim Movement.
- Join the Drim Practitioner Programme.
- Join the Drim Partner Programme.
Prodsol Drim Services
Online, public and onsite dramatic improvement support services.
Prodsol Drim Services
There are various ways in which we can help you take advantage of our discoveries, solutions and services - online, for the general public and onsite:
- Online Services: membership, webinars, coaching and consulting services.
- Public Services: Seminars, workshops and courses.
- On Site Services: training and solution workshops, coaching; consulting and; projects.
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