Open Organisations are the future

In times of highly dynamic markets, ever-changing consumers, fast moving technology you cannot compete in those markets with highly centralised structures.

This talk shows how to cope with that, structure yourself in a more decentralized way and what role tools, technologies and communication structures play.

Transcript

1. ⇈ SLIDE 1 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS OPEN ORGANISATIONS ARE THE FUTURE BJÖRN SCHOTTE, MAYFLOWER - JIRA DAY 2022
2. ⇈ SLIDE 2 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Narrow global markets (2022) DYNAMICS & TURBULENCES EVERYWHERE
3. ⇈ SLIDE 3 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Every human >15y on earth owns 1 smartphone DYNAMICS & TURBULENCES EVERYWHERE https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/5/28/the-end-of-mobile
4. ⇈ SLIDE 4 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Crisis everywhere (COVID etc.) DYNAMICS & TURBULENCES EVERYWHERE
5. ⇈ SLIDE 5 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS You can not compete with the speed of the ever-changing consumer. You can not foresee the future. TAKEAWAY
6. ⇈ SLIDE 6 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS TAKEAWAY (Tight) hierarchy centralised decision making top-down structures will slow you down. © Open Space Beta, https://www.workthesystem.eu/cell-structure-design/ https://twitter.com/nielspflaeging/status/1217103558581137408
7. ⇈ SLIDE 7 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS SURVIVE THE KNOWLEDGE AGE BE MORE OPEN
8. ⇈ SLIDE 8 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS >100 employees Individual Software Development High-class Agile & Tech Consulting 3 locations in Germany International Enterprise Customers USE CASE: MAYFLOWER
9. ⇈ SLIDE 9 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Open Tooling Dynamic Teams, Peach structure Open Books Open Slacktime Open (participative) Decisions Co-Operation, Co-Creation w/ customers Leadership on all levels PLAYBOOK OPEN ORGANISATION
10. ⇈ SLIDE 10 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS (Nearly) Everything is visible Confluence, Jira, Slack, Video conferencing Admin team’s mission: We provide the best service for our teams. OPEN TOOLING
11. ⇈ SLIDE 11 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Stable (business units, backoffice services) and dynamic teams. PEACH STRUCTURE
12. ⇈ SLIDE 12 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Stable (business units, backoffice services) and dynamic teams. Sociocracy 3.0 (Domain description) is at your rescue. “Marketplace”: Employees chose their projects, balanced with needs Mayflower/customer DYNAMIC TEAMS
13. ⇈ SLIDE 13 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS What are our monthly earnings/costs? Transparent salaries (75% of company). Wiki space “Open Books” to the rescue. Default to write access for success. OPEN BOOKS
14. ⇈ SLIDE 14 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS How’s recruiting/sales doing? Jira / Confluence as CRM OPEN BOOKS
15. ⇈ SLIDE 15 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Mayday: Every 2nd Friday innovation time. Organised as Open Space. Since 2012. OPEN SLACKTIME
16. ⇈ SLIDE 16 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Every meeting has protocol/artifacts in Wiki. Consent-based decision making (Core protocols). Supported by circle structure of Sociocracy 3.0. OPEN DECISIONS
17. ⇈ SLIDE 17 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Slacktime together with our customers. Mayflower Barcamp with competitor. Open Slacktime: Invite guests, open office. Create shared slack channels, shared wiki spaces to work together. Fluent and dynamic work mode needs “write/change everywhere” attitude. CO-OPERATE-CREATE WITH CUSTOMERS/ PARTNERS
18. ⇈ SLIDE 18 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS Leadership as a distributed function in the organisation. Yes, stressful, but Highly motivating Highly rewarding ! Learn how to “surf the wave” ! LEADERSHIP ON ALL LEVELS
19. ⇈ SLIDE 19 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS START BUILDING YOUR OPEN ORGANISATION. Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjoernschotte/ Questions, more screenshots from our Confluence / Jira:
20. ⇈ SLIDE 20 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS BACKUP: BOOKS Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais Organization Design: The Practitioner's Guide by Naomi Stanford Extreme Programming explained by Kent Beck
21. ⇈ SLIDE 21 ⇈ THE POWER OF OPEN ORGANISATIONS BACKUP: LINKS Sociocracy 3.0 - Effective Collaboration at any scale https://sociocracy30.org/ Core Protocols https://thecoreprotocols.org/ Open Organisation - RedHat https://www.redhat.com/de/explore/ the-open-organization-book