What Has Worked so far and What we would do Differently

To be Archived for now. Assigned: all Samara for input ( deadline Friday) + Joachim for editorial review Irina: Reconsidering if we are ready for this chapter now. Feel that Samara needs to go through some further reflections to come with a collective assessment of what worked and what didn't.  Happy to leave this out for now.  

 Roz: Agree with Irina. Would like to build a habit of Retrospectives after key milestones, in order to build a continuous learning culture. A Retrospective at the end of our first Quest (and hence at the end of producing the Chronicle) would be appropriate, and the right time to address these questions.  

 Tyler: agreed ^.  Name: Worked: Do differently:  

 Name: Worked: Do differently:  

 Name: Worked: Do differently:  

 Irina: <3 

 Worked:   The daily call with Rieki to build Samara foundations Do differently: Create a clear purpose for each call 

 Worked:  Trios for co-creation Do differently: Clear structure for collective calls  

 Worked:  Trusting that the right people will come Do differently: Think twice before starting a startup with strangers from around the world :) 

 Worked:  Creating gardens for knowledge  Do differently: Use Discord for chat and not more 

 Worked:   Starting the work for Samara in winter time (no gardening activities) Do differently: Make sure people are committed for a good amount of time before starting 

 Bongi:  

 Worked: Agreed minimal governance proposal.  Do Differently: Start and establish a v1.0: - Which anyone can propose to evolve - With very high participation required right at the beginning - Sociocratic principles and distributed authority training/requirements and distinctions 

 Worked: Open meetings and deep exploration that fostered initial human connection. 1:1 that followed to enhance this. Do Differently: Have more 1:1's at the beginning when the open time and initial connections are forming. Have that lead into revealing purpose very early on. 

 Worked: Quest proposal for Hypha.  Do Differently: Start it much sooner once clarity and definition of purpose is agreed to.  

 Worked: Working in focus groups of 3 and then shifting to 4 for starting work. Growing/ taking to larger group as topic/proposal/work material evolved. Do Differently: Schedule rare ceremonial meetings for everyone (all sub groups) in org to attend. Schedule human/process/action meetings. Breakout rooms to check in personally with max 3 people. Do this at the end of any arduous cycle and have it flexibly scheduled very early on to anchor the coming together in a clear, anticipated and meaningful way. 

 Joachim: <3 

 Worked: Define some simple ground rules, then just do it Do differently: Don't discuss rules and make them overly complex 

 Worked: Put trust at the front and center of what we do (trust people & process) Do differently: Be overly skeptical to new approaches 

 Worked: Free flow of conversations Do differently: Anchor conversations early on in principles and purpose 

 Worked: Zoom meetings (which comes at a cost) Do differently: The asynchronous space in-between Zoom meetings 

 Worked: Diverge, then converge (be inclusive, listen to all voices) Do differently: Converge, then diverge (be rigid, remove unneeded or unnecessary voices)