Reading and Working Guide

One whole, with complementary parts

The Solidarity Circle is not merely a financing technique, a form of aid or a partnership model. Its philosophy, working method, approach to rights and giving, and digital design are different layers of one whole. When a concept is detached from the other documents, the model can easily be reduced to a familiar but incomplete category.

Begin with this guide and then read the seven-part core narrative. The simulation tests the principles through numbers; the digital architecture and user journey explore how they may appear in screens and records. The working annexes make the whole easier to communicate.

Approach every text with four questions

Can you explain what you have read in your own words? Record your doubts as carefully as the points you agree with. Distinguishing an unclear sentence from a principle you oppose makes the conversation more useful.

• Essence: What is the central idea of this text?
• Connection: What unresolved point from the previous text does it complete?
• Doubt: What question, risk or objection remains?
• Practice: What behaviour, rule or screen should make this idea real?

Turn reading into shared work

In a working session, each person first shares their understanding briefly. Unclear points, objections and proposals are then considered separately. Matters already agreed and questions still open should not be merged into one record.

The durations in the source guide are approximate and include time for discussion. For a quick introduction, use this guide with parts 1, 2 and 7. For a whole-system view, add the complete core narrative and simulation. Teams preparing implementation can continue with the digital documents. Some titles in the original guide reflect early drafts; this catalogue uses the titles of the published source PDFs.