[OSList] Fwd: reporting back from MIX...

Wed Nov 26 11:29:49 PST 2014

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 <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 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 <Ashley at mycelium.is>
> 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 <
>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 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>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
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