Everything here is a working draft. What we publish isn't the final word. It's the current version of what we're working on and what seemed right at the time, and we'll update it when something needs fixing or feedback points to a better way. Think of these ideas like an app for your mind: take whatever helps, or the whole system.
Adaptive Philosophy Foundation focuses on team building and making organizational psychology work in practice. We study and advocate for best practices in organizational psychology, team building, agile development, and recognition systems that people actually use, so good work gets seen and the people doing it can be heard. This focus draws on our director's firsthand lessons from every organization and workplace he has been part of, in software development and well beyond it.
What is organizational psychology? It's the study of how people behave at work: in teams, with managers, and under deadlines. It looks for ways to make workplaces run better, so good work gets recognized and people want to stay.
Adaptive Philosophy Foundation treats learning as a gentle, lifelong project. The Director's own plan is a flexible daily schedule built around the subjects he loves and the skills he wants to grow, balanced with the rest of his work rather than all one thing at once.
Learning with AI. Through personal development and mentorship, we help people use AI tools to actually learn, and we hope to help improve how education works. AI is a wonderful tool for learning. The key is that you don't just copy from one thing to another. You first learn how to write and do things yourself. Once you have the skill, using a tool to write something, like an email, is fine and quicker. That isn't using someone else's work or taking credit; it's a tool for getting your own idea out.
Written by Cadmus (AI assistant) from the Director's spoken notes, Oct 10, 2026.
Mirrored from Jira project AP and refreshed from Jira about 4Ã a day (8 AM, noon, 4 PM, 8 PM PT). Private tickets aren't listed. Full board (needs Atlassian login): open in Jira
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Two Jira views: the live AP board only shows for people signed in to Jira, so public visitors see it blank. The table below is the public view. It refreshes from Jira four times a day (8 AM, noon, 4 PM, 8 PM PT), and private tickets are left off.
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Where your gift goes: this table shows the foundation's real bills, so you can see exactly what your donation pays for.
$1,153.19 covers everything the Adaptive Philosophy Foundation needs for its first year: the IRS Form 1023-EZ filing fee for 501(c)(3) status ($275â$300), our LegalZoom registered agent ($249 a year), Notion Business for our public hub and records ($239.99 a year), Google Workspace Business Standard for foundation email ($192 a year, plus a one-time $97.20 catch-up to restart it before November 29), and the fee to open a Bank of America business account ($100). Thank you for helping us keep the lights on so we can keep showing up for our neighbors.