What Has Worked so far and What we would do Differently

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Name: Irina

Worked:  The daily call with Rieki to build Samara foundations
Do differently: Create a clear purpose for each call <3

Worked:  Trios for co-creation
Do differently: Clear structure for collective calls <3

Worked:  Trusting that the right people will come
Do differently: Think twice before starting a start-up with strangers from around the world <3

Worked:  Creating gardens for knowledge 
Do differently: Use Discord for chat and not more <3 <3 <3

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: Agreeing on a minimal governance proposal and discussing how we make decisions.

Do Differently: Start and establish a v1.0 which anyone can propose to evolve and with very high participation required right at the beginning, together with Sociocratic principles and distributed authority training and distinctions, so that the reasons for governance are clear and understood for their implications, strengths and weaknesses. 

Worked: Open meetings and deep exploration for start of group 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 the purposing exercises facilitated by an external and aligned party much earlier!

Worked: Quest proposal for Hypha. 

Do Differently: Start it much sooner with clarity and definition of purpose earlier. 

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. Breakout rooms to check in personally with max 3 people. Do this at the end of any arduous cycle and have it scheduled when the DHO is young.  

Joachim:

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
Do differently: The space between Zoom meetings

Worked: Diverge, the converge
Do differently: Converge, then diverge