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WORKINGOUT LOUD

JOACHIM STROH NOVEMBER 2016

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JOACHIM STROH

CHANGE AGENT

SHERPA GUIDE

"Change Agents Worldwide is a new type of consultancy, which functions as a transparent cooperative. It includes Solo Change Agents and Enterprise Change Agents who are trying to bring about change in their respective workplaces. This is a network of progressive and passionate professionals, who really want to bring about substantive change in how work gets done." —Harold Jarche

CHANGE AGENTS WORLDWIDE

EST2013

KNOWLEDGE EXPEDITIONSGuiding Teams to Higher Performance

and Sensemaking Plateaus

Sceenius

DAVE WINER

NARRATING YOUR WORK

2009

SCRIPTING NEWS

RSS 1997

BRYCEWILLIAMS

WORKING OUT LOUD = __________________________ OBSERVABLE WORK + NARRATING YOUR WORK

WORKING OUT LOUD FORMULA

2010

Working Out Loud = Narrating Your Work + Observable Work

Sample Actions to Take Why Do This

Show colleagues what you are working on while it is still in progress (outside team context)

So colleagues can 1) use your ideas in their work where applicable; 2) add to your work in ways that can improve it.

Respond to colleagues’ requests or questions in an open forum rather than responding one to one

So everyone is aware of your thinking on issues (which don’t have to be repeated endlessly)

Read and respond to what colleagues are doing/posting, helping where you can

1) To maintain the big picture on issues, 2) to help others be more effective, and 3) to reciprocate for help offered

Above-the-flowExtra effort needed outside the normal flow of work.

In-the-flowWhat I am working on right here in the flow.

Hidden-from-flowInvisible information flows hidden away in private channels.

Share activity statusPost to open forum

Ask question openlyNarrate & share work

Write short blog postReceive automatic updates

Filling Out Forms(Harvesting)

Understanding the issues(Clarifying)

Finding Experts & Expertise

Looking for Information(Collecting)

Publishing content (for print)

Publishing articles (on the web)

Information Silos

Hidden email chains

Solving problems one on one

Email/voice communication

Unpublished documents/reports

JOHN STEPPER2016

WORKING OUT LOUD THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT

WORKING OUT LOUD FOR A BETTER CAREER AND LIFE

Better Career: Build a purposeful networkand access more opportunities.Better Life: Increase contribution, social and skill values.

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me/we diagonal UL > LR

SV social connections & networkingCV expression & outputKV competency & domain knowledgeSkV expertise & role-based knowledge

WOL A Little Bit Like Magic

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

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Social Value

Contribution Value

Skill Value

Working out Loud Circles are small groups of people learning to work in an open, generous, connected way so they can each accomplish a personal goal. Over 12 weeks, through actual practice, circle members build a network of relationships with people who can help them with that goal.

By the end of your 12 weeks in a circle, you’ll have developed new habits so you can work out loud towards any goal. That will help you gain access to more knowledge and more possibilities, increasing your chances of finding meaning and fulfillment.

CATHERINE SHINNERS

THE DYNAMICS OF WORKING

OUT LOUD

2014

THE CORE ENGINE OF WOL

❏ PURPOSE - create a shared purpose

❏ TRUST - start with small groups and teams

❏ FLOW - identify a few inefficient activities and transform into WOL activities

❏ RECIPROCITY - role model generosity, responsiveness & awareness of others

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Content change triggers via streams, alerts, filters, or tags

improve awareness & accessibility

Visibility of work expands knowledge collections and invites diversity of more inputs

Sharing updates and expanding connections prompts robust profiles, richer context and stronger cohesion

Transparent creation and co-creation of content in the flow of work leads to new conversations and feedback loops

WOL DYNAMICSCatherine Shinners, Merced Group

Network-based group cohesion

& connection

Reciprocity & knowledge

building

Content awareness & accessibility

Transparent conversational

flow of work

THE CORE ENGINEIN ACTION

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Fluid Knowledge / Evolving Process

FeedbackLoops

WOLLiving

Document

Frozen Knowledge & Stable Process

ApprovalStopgaps

Dead Document

NOWOL

DENNISPEARCE

WORKING OUT LOUD DOCTORAL THESIS

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INNOVATION AGILITY

PRODUCTIVITYFRAGILITYNAR

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OBSERVABLE WORKGROUP COLLABORATION

EMERGENT ORG STRUCTURES &

PROPERTIES

AUTOPOIETIC SYSTEMS

COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS

FRACTAL ORGANIZATIONS

WIREARCHIES

...

A MENU OF WOL ACTIVITIES

❏ Seeking an answer to a question / problem

❏ Answering a question directed to you about your area of expertise

❏ Answering a question directed to you unrelated to your area of expertise

❏ Creating a presentation for a team / committee / department / town hall

❏ Collecting team input prior to starting a work deliverable

❏ Creating content for a work deliverable (WIP)

❏ Collecting feedback on an in-progress work deliverable

❏ Creating content for a work deliverable (Finished Product)

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❏ Achieving awareness of work outside your direct responsibilities

❏ Coaching people outside of your team / department

❏ Discovering external resources about your role / area of expertise

❏ Accumulating links to build topical collection on the fly (social bookmarking)

❏ Contributing to the Corporate Conversation (Engagement, Activities, Facilities, Corporate Policies, etc.)

❏ Forming and collecting a community of experts on a topic

❏ Connecting with fellow employees on personal interests

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Shared Value by Default /

Leading With Generosity

Building a Social

Network / Making It All Purposeful

A SIMPLE TEMPLATE FOR WOL

❏ Pick an activity❏ List the typical / default behavior

of today❏ List the “Working Out Loud”

behavior of tomorrow❏ Benefits of shifting the behavior❏ Risk considerations / mitigation

❏ At a later stage: Add real life stories / examples of this “new” behavior in action.

Template courtesy of Bryce Williams, who coined the term Working Out Loud

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TO WOL OR NOT TO WOL

ORGINERTIA

KNOWLEDGE HOARDING

DARK MATTER

ORGCOMMS

FOSUNARROW CHANNELS

#WOLWEEK7-13 Nov 2016

Working & Sharing Purposefully

Learn more at http://wolweek.wordpress.comThe

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JOACHIM [email protected] or google me

THANK YOU!