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# The Co-Everything Move: Notice of Discovery for a New Cognitive Move in Systems Thinking

## Details

**Authors** Silberman D

**Year** 2025

**Publisher** Journal of Systems Thinking 5(1):1-10

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Psychology

**Reading level** technical

**Kind of engagement** scholarly

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.v25i1.ds3mov1) 
10.54120/jost.v25i1.ds3mov1

## In authors' words

### Abstract

Discovering a new cognitive Move in systems thinking is “comparable to identifying a new species in biology or a new molecule in chemistry — a novel structural configuration composed of the atomic elements of thought defined by DSRP.” 1 New Moves reveal a reusable structure of thought that transcends content and applies across disciplines. The Co–everything Move, proposed by Dave Silberman, is such a discovery. It is the 204th Move formally validated and entered into the Universal Cognitive Move Registry (UCMR). The Move makes explicit the structural conditions necessary for all “co–” processes, including communication, cooperation, and coordination, by applying perspectival equivalence within the action/reaction system. Through this equivalence, both actors are recognized as symmetrical participants within a shared relationship-object, revealing the structure that allows any “co–” process to exist. This paper presents the Co–everything Move, details its composition through DSRP, and demonstrates its cognitive and practical significance across contexts such as leadership, project management, coaching, therapy, education, and everyday relationships.

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A notice of discovery: the Co-Everything Move, the 204th Move validated and entered into the Universal Cognitive Move Registry.

### What they found (results)

All "co-" processes — communication, cooperation, coordination — share one structure: perspectival equivalence between symmetrical actors within a shared relationship-object.

## Commentary

### In short

Announces the Co-Everything Move, a new cognitive Move that sets out the structure behind all "co-" processes such as communication and cooperation.

### Response

A new Move contributed to the Universal Cognitive Move Registry, the 204th in the canon. Engagement of an unusual kind: not applying the theory or assessing it, but adding to its canon, which requires working inside its formalism.

**Patterns it shows** R, P

**How to cite this** Silberman D (2025). The Co-Everything Move: Notice of Discovery for a New Cognitive Move in Systems Thinking. Journal of Systems Thinking 5(1):1-10.