---
slug: "Plateauturn"
name: "Plateauturn"
type: "Strategy"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Plateauturn#240d"
sema_id: "sema:Plateauturn#mh:SHA-256:240d63af51fb73df4360beefb5e632a4bbbf1f29fdecdc5deae14793ba55c87e"
tags: ["Mind","Strategy"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Plateauturn/
related: ["Retry","Doubleloop","StalledDirectionReview"]
---

# Plateauturn

When improvement stalls under one method, change the method instead of repeating it

Layer: Mind · Category: Strategy

## Mechanism

Improvement under a method is tracked per attempt. When it stalls for a stated number of attempts, the plateau is recorded with the method that hit it, and the next attempt uses a changed method. Unlike a [Retry](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Retry.md), which repeats the attempt, the response to a plateau is a different way of trying.

## Invariants

- Improvement is recorded per attempt.
- After the stated number of stalled attempts, the next attempt uses a changed method.
- Each plateau is recorded with the method that hit it.

## Failure modes

- Grind: the same method is repeated long after it stopped improving anything.
- Method churn: methods are changed before they have had a fair number of attempts.

## Builds on

- [Retry](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Retry.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Plateauturn#mh:SHA-256:240d63af51fb73df4360beefb5e632a4bbbf1f29fdecdc5deae14793ba55c87e`
- Ref: `Plateauturn#240d`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Plateauturn/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Plateauturn)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Plateauturn.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)