A Single-Site Case Study of a Share House's Communal Chef's Knife
A paper from the School of Continuous Improvement follows one share house's communal chef's knife through a 77-day single-site case study, finding that custody resolves by proximity to need rather than any rota the household could name, and that a laminated sign-out sheet introduced midway through the case measurably changed nothing about how quickly the knife returned to its drawer.
| Authors | Marit Osayande , Casimir Beng , Ingeborg Nwachukwu |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Funding | Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Signing Off a Share House's Chore Wheel Before the Next Move-Out ( $154,823) Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Succession Planning for the Lab's Reference Calibration Weights ( $47,285) |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.y9lntt |
| Pages | 4 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_y9lntt,
author = {Marit Osayande and Casimir Beng and Ingeborg Nwachukwu},
title = {Missing Means Someone's Turn: A Single-Site Case Study of a Share House's Communal Chef's Knife},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.y9lntt},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-when-a-share-y9lntt/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}