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Contact

Located in ./people.ppl, this is the member that the user relates with in order to achieve their goals within the organization. The contact is associated with the member by sharing the same id.

This exists so the core can be shared, different users can relate to different people.

Fields

  • relationship - (Required) What type of relationship this contact is. Choices include stakeholder, peer, team, and community - Identifier

Groups

This app is prescriptive in helping people identify important relationships within an organization and the primary actions they will take with each. For that reason, the user will categorize their contacts into 4 different groups defined by the primary action they will focus on with each:

  1. Align: These are stakeholders the user needs to align with in order to succeed. These people have a vested interest in the user's delivery. They will therefore advocate for user when they are not in the room.
  2. Partner: These are peers, usually the people who report to the user's boss, sharing in a broader mission than the user has. This team is important to track because in order to perform and grow, one has to be supportive and not competitive with their peers.
  3. Guide: These make up the user's team, people who either report to the user or who look to the user for guidance, mentorship, or leadership when an individual contributor. The user likely has a vested interest in the outcome of their work.
  4. Network: this is every other important relationship that comprises the user's community, meant to ensure that there is a wider impact than just the team.

Examples

Minimal

member kevin_osei {
  first_name: "Kevin"
  last_name: "Osei"
}

// same id as kevin_osei member, which means that Kevin is
// a person the user of this workspace is relating to.
contact kevin_osei {
  group: guide
}

Full

member jordan_kim {
  first_name: "Jordan"
  last_name: "Kim"
}

contact jordan_kim {
  group: guide
}