The different perspectives needed for self-organization

Do people resist change? Do they need someone who tells them what to do? Is the output of a team dramatically affected without „leaders“ and decision makers? How do Holacracy, Sociocracy or similar approaches affect the value chain? What is their impact on teams? Are these approaches really new, innovative and desirable? These questions may cross your mind when thinking about what the next step after „being agile“ could be.

This talk shares my learnings and the observations of coaches from the last three years of a self-organized introduction of self-organization. It shows the potentials and pitfalls when creating products and ship features as a team in a changing environment towards self-organization and self-management. Finally, it offers answers from a perspective that considers empathy, the purpose of the individual and the company, mindfulness and emotional intelligence.

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1. The different perspectives needed for self-organization Susanne Schwarzer & Stefan Rudnitzki
2. Photo by Hello I'm Nik on Unsplash
3. Us Susanne Coach Consultant Stefan Lead Developer Organisator MongoDB Usergroup Berlin Organisator Async Cat Herding Meetup Co-Founder FOSS Backstage conference
4. Us Stefan Lead Developer
5. Me Stefan Lead Developer deprecated
6. Me Stefan lead contract topics confidant budgets recruiting facilitator employer branding coaching consultant for self-organization
7. B2B2C platform, mortgage, loans https://www.europace.de
8. leadership 4yrs ago • hierarchies • steering boards • executive managers • roles like head-architects Photo by Lachlan Gowen on Unsplash
9. leadership today • partly autonomous teams • leadership facets • confidant • contract topics • coaching • technical or functional leadership • elected by oneself Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
10. vision A modern company needs something that comes after „being agile“. Something where humans can show their full potential and be effective following their perceived responsibilities. Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash
11. from a coaching perspective Bringing the facets of your own beliefs and your working environment to resonance. This allows us as humans to be our true self and understand that this is more than enough. Photo by Rohan Makhecha on Unsplash
12. –N.N. „This is esoteric…“
13. –Simon Sinek „Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it.“
15. purpose • project? • vision? Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash
16. purpose • project? • vision? Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash touching honest inspiring moving genuine
17. purpose • project? • vision? Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash touching honest inspiring moving genuine Why-How-What Golden Circle Big 5 for Life purpose for existing
18. consciousness development • different perspectives • different opinions • different point of views • integrated and cross-linked Photo by Providence Doucet on Unsplash
19. – Henry David Thoreau „It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.“
20. consciousness development
21. models, models, models… • Teal Frederic Laloux • Spiral Dynamics • StAGEs • Graves Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash
22. … and methods • transactional analysis • positive psychology (e.g. affective balance, Zurich Resource Model, focus on strengths) • Personal-System-Interaction theory (Kuhl) Photo by Cesar Carlevarino Aragon on Unsplash
23. interpretation of PSI theory (Kuhl)
24. self • X and Y • purpose is within the self • need for clarity to connect with our self Photo by Instagram.com/jamie_fenn on Unsplash
25. –Daniel H. Pink „Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.“
27. horizontally? • methods • processes • workshops • models • more of the same Photo by Estée Janssens on Unsplash
28. vertically! • strengthen personal qualities • scope: precise focus that will be changed • iterate Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash
29. speech forms meaning… • influences thinking • focusses our awareness • self perception (e.g. inner attitudes) • social perception (how others perceive ourselves) Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash
30. consistency „When a persons self perception is congruent with the social perception.“ „be authentic“ Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash
31. a question of openness • psychological save • positive energy • strengthen strengths • appreciation • attitude: assume best intentions • trust in the skills of others • cooperation and truthful interaction Photo by Sticker Mule on Unsplash
32. a question of openness • psychological save • positive energy • strengthen strengths • appreciation • attitude: assume best intentions • trust in the skills of others • cooperation and truthful interaction • essential: continuous self- reflection Photo by Sticker Mule on Unsplash
33. what is the point? • self-fulfillment • self-actualization • personal responsibility • self-management • self-care • self-awareness Photo by Cody Board on Unsplash
34. resonance of purposes • purpose is everywhere • real alignment exists between us, our selves and our surrounding • clarity about potentials, purposes and goals Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash
36. –Niels Pflaeging (translated from german) Self-organization especially means: „to be committed within the cooperation between humans and for each other“. Not: freedom, fun, „something-purpose-something“ or „i can do whatever i want“! https://twitter.com/NielsPflaeging/status/1036221546950479872
37. Questions? Reinventing Organizations - Frederic Laloux Holacracy - Brian J. Robertson Das kollegial geführte Unternehmen - Bernd Oestereich & Claudia Schröder Thinking fast, thinking slow - Daniel Kahneman PSI theory - Julius Kuhl Cultivating Empathy - Dajana Günther & Leslie Hawthorn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpcEjkAF6mM Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash @stefzki susanne.schwarzer@hypoport.de stefan.rudnitzki@europace.de