Authentic Engagement and Headless Leadership

Lou Rinaldi's portion of the Headless Leadership presentation from the NERCOMP 2013 Annual Conference.

Transcript

1. Authentic Engagement and Headless Leadership Lou Rinaldi Yale University louis.rinaldi@yale.edu twitter: @LouRinaldi
2. Disclaimer
3. Authentic Engagement ò  Theory. ò  What do I mean when I say “authentic”? ò  Bit flip: pure, unequivocal commitment. ò  Creative problem solving; there are no blockers. ò  Asynchronous; no interruption necessary. ò  Lock-free; surface early to get feedback. ò  Alignment with mission. ò  Don’t seek it from others until you’ve embraced it.
4. Headless Leadership ò  Practice. ò  It's not about arbitrary fences. ò  It's about knowing the people: ò  Strengths ò  Passions ò  Intrinsic Motivators ò  Risks of self-selection and self-organization
5. Practical Application ò  We are experimenting, and learning as we go! ò  Community Outreach – Crowdsourcing Ideas ò  “IT at Yale would be better if…” ò  Keeping the covenant ò  Enhancing Communication and Collaboration ò  Peer teams coming together around projects and passions ò  Putting the focus back on the mission & people we serve ò  Being the change we want to see