culture of innovation
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CULTURE OF INNOVATION MEETUP Bárdos Kristóf
MY PROFILEMy profile- tech & social entrepreneur- consultant, ceo, sales, bizdev, orgdev
Companies:
Digital Natives - digital product developmentNostromo - lean product management tool
Green Fox - educationSocialFokus - community of social entrepreneurs
WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
Creativity is an attitude: I want to make it better than I did it yesterday
Also,
It is a hidden decision in the background to use the extra capacity
WHAT CREATIVITY DO WE NEED?big ones: 1-4 times in a yearnew business models, client acquisition, technology etc.
… and small ones: 1-4 times in a dayiterate on the CRM structure, change the office food ordering
What makes people creative?We bet on these:
● learning. to widening perspectives
● responsibility. to understand it’s my problem (the hardest part)
● commitment. to people, common or personal goals
● freedom. to make mistakes and be agile
● appreciation. to say thank you
● feedback. to self-reflection
● leadership. to be a role model
I’d like to showcase some methods & tools we practice
Digital Natives, Green Fox, SocialFokus
CASE STUDIES
ORGANISATION: FLATSELF-ORGANISING COMMUNITIES
process:
Holacarcy - hierarchy between roles, well designed, good for new companies. High efficiency
“DiNacracy” - transformation process for up and running companies - Medium efficiency in execution during the transformation
Open network - community of individuals and companies with the same purpose. Lower efficiency in execution, but very purpose oriented
tool: glass frog
● what is my responsibility: Divided by “circles” and “roles”
○ pool system to rotate tasks
● … everything is my responsibility: ownership
○ Co-ownership based on time, peer-review, seniority
● transparency: EVERYTHING…salaries: formula based (towards badges, self-set)
○ based on work experience, seniority
RESPONSIBILITY
● Alignment between company strategy and personal goal setting
● Dedicated time and budget
EXAMPLE: Elixir last year was a “only” a self development pattern, today it is a main strategic goal in Digital Natives
● process: SMART individual goals / circle level company goals
● tool: small-improvements, spreadsheet
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
ownership: bigger investment in cash or resource, selling the company
● process: voting
● tool: loomio or doodle
circle, individual: all the other thing…
● process: advice process, based on collective wisdom
● tool: loomio, slack
DECISION MAKING
Let me explain it...
Can I buy a new laptop?
1. ask your peers
2. consider honest feedback
3. your call to make the decision, no acceptance
Why? Because we trust you.
Agile is naturally pragmatic, not only for software development.
plan, do, track, iterate.
we do sprints in marketing, organisation development etc.
● process: sprint, retrospective, SMART goals
● tool: Nostromo for task management and reporting, spreadsheet for goals
FREEDOM: AGILE IS DELIBERATING
360 peer review in writing
NO manager review, but group retrospective
● process: continuous retros, instant feedbacks, 360 twice a year
● tools: small-improvement for 360, plenuum for instant
FEEDBACKMaking mistakes is good. But don’t repeat the mistakes.
Leader is not a boss
● hardest challenge to awake self-leadership
● encourage people to take
What is CEO in a self-organising structure?
● He is to protect the company culture and ground rules
● Role model
● Create safe place for people
LEADERSHIP
What makes people creative?We bet on these:
● learning. to widening perspectives
● responsibility. to understand it’s my problem (the hardest part)
● commitment. to people, common or personal goals
● freedom. to make mistakes and be agile
● appreciation. to say thank you
● feedback. to self-reflection
● leadership. to be a role model