Like yak-shaving and dogfooding among software developers circles, cat-herding is a colourful idiom common in community development circles.
Consider that we're all fiercely independent beings. Like cats! So in the absence of a formal decision-making structure that everyone has agreed to follow, trying to get people to all pull in the same direction, to achieve shared goals, can be like herding cats.
No offence is meant to any human beings (or cats!)
Attention all my procrastinating friends, the CfP for DevConf.cz closes March 10th, that's Friday! #DevConf was my favorite #opensource conference prior to the pandemic. This is the first year we're holding it again in person, and this year it's June 16-18 instead of January. In addition to the many developer tracks, there's also a Cat Herding / Agility / DEI track, which will be brilliant. Read more at https://www.devconf.info/cz/