What Has Worked so far and What we would do Differently

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Name:Irina: Irina<3

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 <3calls 

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 aAgreed minimal governance proposal and discussing how we make decisions.

proposal. 
Do Differently: Start and establish a v1.00:
- whichWhich anyone can propose to evolve and
- withWith very high participation required right at the beginning,beginning
- together with Sociocratic principles and distributed authority trainingtraining/requirements and distinctions, so that the reasons for governance are clear and understood for their implications, strengths and weaknesses. distinctions

Worked: Open meetings and deep exploration forthat startfostered of groupinitial 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 therevealing purposingpurpose exercisesvery facilitatedearly by an external and aligned party much earlier!on.

Worked: Quest proposal for Hypha. 

Do Differently: Start it much sooner withonce clarity and definition of purpose earlier.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 whenvery early on to anchor the DHOcoming istogether young.  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
Do differently: The space between Zoom meetings

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