These notes are fabulous. Thank you so much Rosa. I look forward to watching the talks now with some discernment about which ones I choose!!
With gratitude, Ashley On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Rosa Zubizarreta via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ashley! > > Thanks for your question... great motivation to begin typing up a few > notes. > Here are some of my favorites... > > *Vineet Nayar:* (paraphrase) Key role of CEO is to say "I don't know" > (and to really mean it!); > to NOT have all the answers, so that others will have room to contribute. > (bit reminiscent of OS, no? :-) > > Core values of CEO: honesty, humility, openness, vulnerability. He started > off a bit slowly in his talk, > and then really warmed up in a very powerful way. His book is called > "Employees First, Customers Second." I've not read it yet, but I plan to... > > *Frederic Laloux: *His book "Reinventing organizations" is good, and, I > really enjoyed him as a speaker. > 'Hacking the decision-making process' as key, in all the transformative > orgs he's studied; > offered a model of a "third way" betw. hierarchical decision-making & > consensus decision-making . > Calls it the "advice process"... seeking to expand the range of each > person's self-discretionary activity, while at the same time, > creating opportunities for input and alignment. > > Also spoke about how "no hierarchy" does NOT mean flat, but that more > precisely it means no "power" hierarchy; > no one holds power over another ('command authority'). "When you take out > power hierarchies, lots of natural hierarchies appear, based on > passion, contribution, skills, expertise, etc. We all become both leaders > as well as followers of someone else. > > His 3 key questions for an org seeking to transform are: 1) "what would > leadership look like, if no one had any 'command authority'? > 2) Does everyone have a voice in the decisions that affect them? 3) Can > innovation arise from anyone, at any time? > > *Heiko Fischer,* Resourceful Humans -- What would it look like, if > organizations were as creative as the people inside them? > His main point was, *ask your own people*... "How would *you *organize, > if you could organize this organization the way you want it to be?" > Offer them range of possibilities to start the conversation so that they > can see a spectrum... yet each organization will need to find > its own solutions, based on its unique character. > > Someone asked, "was it terrifying, to give up all that power?" He said, > "YES! We had to fight our own demons, in order to surrender to what we knew > we had to do. As soon as we let go, it all came together... " > > Described process of getting there, with one organization; began with > doing constellation work with entire executive team, asking them to respond > non-verbally to question "how clear is the CEO's vision to you?" by > physically standing in different locations of room. How honest and shocking > the responses were... > > From that physical experience, was able to start an authentic conversation. > "We tend to focus on increasing motivation and increasing competency, but > the third leg of the stool, enabling, that is hugely important -- > *removing* the restrictions that are in the way of people doing what they > already want to do, and are already capable of doing. To do this, leader > needs to surround themselves with people who will honestly challenge him or > her." > > *James DeJuilo* from Tongal was great -- creativity set free, by > crowd-sourcing filmed content... > a community that has a company attached to it, instead of the other way > around... > > *Helen Bevan *and *Jackie Lynton*... very energizing.... crowdsourcing > org change inside huge bureaucracy... > > *Leerom Segal* and *Jay Goldman* from Klick Health -- "Technology Eats > Bureaucracy"... > creative applications of data and tech to empower people. > Book: "The Decoded Company" Collaboration software: Genome > > and last but not least, my absolute fave... > > *Alanna Krause* from Enspiral and Loomio. > moving from the "tyranny of structurelessness", to tyranny-less > structures... > > Enspiral is network of social entrepreneurs, some of whom developed > Loomio (open-soutce collaboration software) > to support own transparent decision-making process, including > collaborative budgeting. > Article: When Business Met Occupy: Innovating for True Collaborative > Decision-Making > <http://www.mixprize.org/story/when-business-met-occupy-innovating-true-collaborative-decision-making-and-true-empowerment> > > main job of leaders: 1) give good ideas a place to go, and > 2) recognize and value facilitation. > > *** > > Ok... that's it for now... > > enjoy! > > > *Rosa Zubizarreta* > > *Diapraxis: Facilitating Creative Collaborationhttp://www.diapraxis.com > <http://www.diapraxis.com/>* > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Ashley Cooper <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Rosa, >> >> Thank you so much for this summary. Are there any talks that you would >> highly recommend that we watch? >> >> Appreciatively, >> Ashley >> >> -- >> Ashley Cooper >> Co-Founder & >> Learning Architect >> www.mycelium.is >> >> Now accepting APPLICATIONS for the *Mycelium 12-week Winter Learning >> Journey*. >> Find out more here <http://mycelium.is/learningjourney/>. >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Rosa Zubizarreta via OSList < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> In spite of the old-style format, I found the MIX >>> <http://mixmashup.org/mashup/events>to be an extremely inspiring >>> gathering. >>> Below some extracts from an e-mail I wrote to a friend... >>> >>> *** >>> >>> The conference format was (almost) completely didactic, lecture-style, >>> jam-packed, hardly any breaks. AND, as challenging as that was, the content >>> itself was extraordinary, completely inspiring, beyond awesome. How's that >>> for a contradiction? >>> >>> The MIX folks are extremely bright, dedicated, and passionate about >>> finding people and organizations that are totally breaking the mold with >>> regard to new organizational forms. This includes young companies that >>> started this way from scratch, as well as older companies that were >>> originally hierarchical and have transformed in some significant way. They >>> are doing their best to promote these organizations/networks/initiatives >>> and their work. >>> >>> >>> >>> So, great people from all over the world… successful non-hierarchical >>> companies from all over the world….really good stuff! The MIX folks are >>> aware that this work isn't completely new, that there have been innovative >>> examples of successful non-hierarchical orgs at different times. At the >>> same time, they also believe we are at a tipping point, where we need to >>> have new organizational forms become much more widespread -- and, they are >>> doing their best to help make that happen, through sharing the stories of >>> successful examples, highlighting how each one is a unique journey, and >>> pointing to underlying principles. >>> >>> >>> Very little room was allotted for participation from attendees, except >>> during the lab day. At the same time, it was great to be hearing from the >>> folks who have actually created these new organizations, or initiated >>> change efforts within older organizations. It seemed that many of the >>> presenters had actually opened space in their organizations in drastic >>> ways, not as external consultants coming in but as founders and leaders >>> and/or internal change agents. I was moved by their honesty and >>> vulnerability, and by their openness in sharing their challenges and ups >>> and downs and work-in-progress. >>> >>> >>> I can imagine the trade-offs the conference organizers may have been >>> struggling with... likely they wanted to offer as many of these stories as >>> possible, yet at the same time were not wanting to make it a longer >>> conference. Recently Chris shared a design on the AoH e-mail list, in a >>> thread about working with experts, of having people work in ten different >>> groups doing collective story harvests. Something like that could have been >>> useful here, and/or useful for the next one-- especially if followed by a >>> way for people to share the harvests with one another afterward. >>> >>> >>> And, the organizers may or may not be ready for that... seems like there >>> was some feedback about designing a more participatory event after the >>> MashUp two years ago. Maybe it's still percolating? Anyway, what a >>> fascinating mix we ourselves are as humans, such a bundle of gifts >>> and challenges (still-unopened gifts), all mixed together! And all of us >>> having so much to contribute, and so much to learn... >>> >>> >>> In sum, I found it a highly valuable experience, paradoxes and all, and >>> very much appreciated the opportunity of meeting a community of passionate >>> innovators, who share a deep respect for a diversity of perspectives and a >>> diversity of paths... >>> >>> >>> with all best wishes, >>> >>> >>> Rosa >>> >>> >>> >>> *Rosa Zubizarreta* >>> >>> *Diapraxis: Facilitating Creative Collaborationhttp://www.diapraxis.com >>> <http://www.diapraxis.com>* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OSList mailing list >>> To post send emails to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Ashley Cooper Co-Founder & Learning Architect www.mycelium.is Now accepting APPLICATIONS for the *Mycelium 12-week Winter Learning Journey*. 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