The Drim Manifesto

The Dramatic Improvement (Drîm: 'Dream') Manifesto

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The [[Drim]] Manifesto

A clenched fist to the right and above the dramatic improvement symbol (an arrow growing from the bottom left to beyound the top right of a square) - both cut out of a black, rounded square shape

Dramatic Improvement is ALWAYS possible.

The [[Drim]] Manifesto

The Dramatic Improvement Manifesto asserts that drîm is eminently feasible in every single challenging situation - and provides a high-level rationale for that assertion - as well as explaining why it may be counter-intuitive, at first.

The Manifesto is the foundation of the dramatic improvement framework, discipline and practice.

You'll find yourself returing to the Manifesto frequently, to remind yourself of the fundamental idea - especially when things are most challenging.

1. The [[Drim]] Fact

Dramatic improvement is eminently feasible in EVERY single situation - without exception.

1. The [[Drim]] Fact

It doesn't matter how challenging the situation is - or how much time we have - we can always secure dramatically better outcomes and experiences than we are currently securing. Drîm is not only always possible, but always feasible in challenging situations.

It's perfectly - unavoidably - natural to be sceptical of this claim (especially at first) but it is demonstrably, unequivocally true.

There are no exceptions: every single situation can be improved dramatically - no matter how intractable it may seem.

2. The [[Drim]] Key

The key is LEVERAGE: the more challenging the situation, the greater the leverage opportunity.

2. The [[Drim]] Key

The key to dramatic improvement is leverage.

In fact, the only way improvement can be dramatic is as a result of leverage - there is no other way.

Truly challenging situations are challenging because they're dynamically complex - i.e. there are strong and complex interactions between the situation elements.

So the more challenging the situation (the greater the dynamic complexity) the greater the leverage - and, consequently, the more dramatic the potential for improvement.

3. The [[Drim]] Problem

The problem is, WE CAN'T SEE the leverage points – not that they aren't there.

3. The [[Drim]] Problem

There is always another level of leverage – hidden, in plain hindsight, in the reality beyond the one we can currently see.

The problem is that we can't see those leverage points, until we see them, because they are beyond our current capability to see - not because they aren't there.

We can't see the next-level leverage points, because they're counter-intuitive to the previous level of insight. It's only when we see them that they begin to make sense and become more obvious.

4. The Reason for the Problem

Drîm Manifesto Reason for the Problem Pictogram

The reason that we can't see the problem is because challenging situations are too complex and multi-dimensional for our brains.

4. The Reason for the Problem

Challenging situations are too complex and multi-dimensional for our brains, unavoidably. Here's some detail:

Detail Complexity Challenges.
Dynamic Complexity Challenges.
Multi-Dimensionality Challenges.
Integration Challenges
Codification Challenges.
Unconscious Incognizance Challenges.
Application Challenges.

5. The [[Drim]] Insight

Drîm pictogram (arrow growing from bottom left to beyond the top right of a box) to the left of an exclamation mark, both within a thought bubble

There's a small set of universal lever patterns that all levers follow.

5. The [[Drim]] Insight

There's a small set of simple universal lever patterns that all [[drim]] levers follow.

These lever patterns are hidden within plain sight within each situation and repeat within and across domains, dimensions and arenas.

They may be invisible to us, until we see them, but once we've seen them, they become a lot more recognisable.

More importantly, once we've seen them in one place and know what we're looking for, they become more and more easy to find, see, use and share elsewhere.

6. The [[Drim]] Solution

Use Universal Leverage Patterns as cognitive scaffolding to find the next level of leverage opportunities.

6. The [[Drim]] Solution

If we know the common patterns that [[drim]] levers follow, we can use these universal patterns as templates and exemplars – cognitive scaffolding – for finding the next-level leverage points, which until then are invisible to us.

All it takes is a deliberate - counter-intuitive at first - scan for each of the patterns, in the face of the firm belief we have that, because we can't see the [[drim]] levers automatically, they must not be there.

Because the set of universal leverage patterns is so small, it doesn't take long to master them.

7. The [[Drim]] Implications

The Drîm Manifesto pictogram (drîm symbol to the left of a clenched fist) to the left of the impications => symbol

ANYONE that learns the universal drîm patterns can improve ANY SITUATION dramatically.

7. The [[Drim]] Implications

The implications of the Drîm Manifesto are immense for us, individually and collectively - both immediately and into the future.

Armed with the Manifesto, a set of universal [[drim]] patterns and some practice, anyone can impact any situation or thing dramatically - the more complex and challenging, the more dramatic the impact.

There is no situation beyond our reach. In fact, the ever-increasing complexity of our world positions us better for dramatic improvement leverage, than we have ever been positioned before.