Community & Discussion

A place to compare experiences, question assumptions and develop understanding together.

The Intent Organisation explores how organisational intelligence may change the way organisations work. That inquiry benefits from people bringing different experiences, asking difficult questions and examining where ideas hold up—or fall short.

You do not need specialist technical knowledge or agreement with the publication’s arguments to participate. Thoughtful questions and practical counterexamples are as welcome as developed positions.

Where the conversation happens

Our home for discussion is The Intent Organisation on Substack.

Use the comments beneath an article to discuss its argument, ask questions, share relevant experiences or suggest sources. Shorter observations and developing questions can also be explored through our Substack Notes and their replies.

The website introduces the inquiry and explains how to participate. Join us on Substack to take part in the conversation.

What makes a useful contribution

Help others understand what you are bringing to the conversation.

You might describe a problem you have encountered, explain why an argument does not fit your experience, ask what evidence supports a claim or offer another way to approach a question.

Where possible, provide enough context for others to assess your point. Distinguish what you directly experienced from what you infer, and acknowledge uncertainty where it matters.

Please disclose professional or commercial interests relevant to your comments. Mentioning a product or project can be useful when it illustrates a point; repeated promotion and sales pitches do not help the discussion.

Disagreement is welcome

We expect people to disagree about the possibilities, limitations and consequences of organisational intelligence.

Challenge arguments, question evidence and offer alternatives. Address what someone has said without making assumptions about their motives or attacking them personally.

Be willing to clarify your own position and reconsider it when new evidence emerges. No participant, including the editor, is exempt from having their ideas questioned.

Privacy and permission

Only share information you have the right to make public.

Avoid posting confidential business information, personal details or identifiable accounts involving colleagues, customers or others without appropriate permission. Consider whether an example can be explained without identifying those involved.

Public comments are visible to other readers. If you would like to discuss a sensitive experience as a potential contribution, use the contact route on our About page before sharing the details.

Moderation and editorial responsibility

Thomas Czarnecki, the founding editor, is initially responsible for moderation.

Comments may be removed, and participation may be restricted, where material includes personal attacks, harassment, discriminatory abuse, spam, repeated commercial promotion or disclosure of private information without permission.

Persistent disruption that prevents others from participating constructively may also lead to moderation.

Disagreement with the editor, or criticism of any organisation, product or approach discussed in the publication, is not by itself a reason for removal.

Moderation decisions involve judgement. If you believe a decision was mistaken, you can ask for it to be reviewed through the contact route on our About page.

How discussion can inform the publication

Questions, experiences and sources shared in discussion may suggest future investigations or lead us to revisit a published argument.

We will not treat a single comment as evidence of a widespread problem, or participation as endorsement of a product.

Where a contribution materially informs published work, we will arrange appropriate acknowledgement. We will agree attribution and permission before reproducing a participant’s words or developing their account into an article or case study.

Participation does not imply consent to separate product research.

If you would like to propose a fuller contribution, our Contribute page explains how to begin.

Join the conversation

Start with an article or question that matters to you.

What fits your experience? What is missing? What would help us understand the problem more clearly?

You are welcome to read, ask, challenge and contribute.