An Everyone Culture

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A Conceptual Tour of the DDO

Edge, Home, and Groove

We’ve found it useful to think of the conceptual structure of a DDO in terms of depth, breadth, and height—the depth of its developmental communities (which we call home); the breadth of its developmental practices (which we call its groove); and the height of its developmental aspirations (which we call its edge). By considering all three dimensions at once (and the way each intersects with the other two) the DDO comes into view as a single, dynamic system (see figure 3-1). As you take the conceptual tour in this chapter, you’ll see that you’ve already met concrete instances of each of these dimensions, and you’ll meet more examples in the chapters ahead. For now, we acquaint you with what ...