What Time Binds

What Time Binds

The Meaning Repair Lexicon
Your reference card for the language of meaning repair. Bookmark this post. Return to it often. It grows with the course.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
What Do You Mean? The Research Behind the Question
Introducing the MRCI framework, an evidence base, and a course built for the teams that need it most.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Pinned Terms — Ep. 001: "ALIGNED"
In high-stakes work, “aligned” is a friendly word that can hide five different agreements. That’s how teams leave a meeting smiling… and reopen the same…
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Start Here: Pinned Terms
Pinned Terms is a weekly comic from What Time Binds.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Pinned Terms — Ep. 002: READY?
Deadlines have a talent: they turn one word into a stamp of approval. “Ready.” Everyone says it. Everyone means something else.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Version Control for Democracy in a Ghost-Map Age
A judge hits "restore" on America's public memory
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
The Game: Mjanja, Mjinga, and the LA Times Walkout
The BoldTimers Oral History Project • The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 2
Published on BoldTimers • 
Feynman’s Real Question Was “What Do You Mean?”
How Feynman repairs a question before he answers it.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Why We Don’t Ask: The Heat Behind Silence
Face-threat, power, performance, and the real risks of clarification.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
The Stage: Pete Seeger, 15,000 People, and a Thumb Piano
The BoldTimers Oral History Project • The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 1
Published on BoldTimers • 
Why We’re Acting Like Animals Again
The nervous-system logic behind tribal politics, online spectacle, and the return of territory thinking
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Protocols for Shared Reality Under Pressure
A guide for leaders, educators, and organizers to keep workplace and civic conversations constructive.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
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