I starten af 6., og sidste semester, på KaosPiloterne havde vi fornøjelsen af at stifte bekendtskab med Toke Møller og Aikido. Aikido og KaosPiloterne lyder måske som en sær blanding, men de meditative teknikker, bevidsthenden om hvad man blev i stand til at gøre ved andre og måden at lede sig selv på som Aikido foreskriver er meget medmenneskelige principper man kan bruge i sit moderne lederskab.
Toke Møller er en aktiv udøver af World Café og debatør på The Art of Hosting. Vores 2 dages Aikido træning afsluttede med en World Café, hvor jeg ønskede at snakke om hvad der skal til for at skabe mere engagerede medarbejdere, hvad der giver dem mening. Vi havde en dejlig lang samtale i gruppen der førte til 6/7 punkter:
1. Acknowledge the individual
2. Are your employees/project participants making a difference (striving for a higher purpose than work and money)
3. Create a sound platform for dialogue. People around should feel that there are safe space for them to give you feedback to make you better.
4. Empower people around you. Give out responsibility – they are the experts (or going to be)
5. Ensure your timing is right. Stress leads to bad communication and false decisions
6. Invest in the relationships.
7. Please continue the list and share your findings.
Igennem The Art of Hosting har Mary Alice fra New Zealand tilføjet:
7. Create a powerful storyfield for your vision together and keep it alive.
8. Define leadership and teamship and community. What do these mean and how will you know they are being demonstrated?
9. Redefine old concepts of conflict and make a plan about how to handle it well together.
10. Do what the world thinks is counterintuitive — be kind, be thoughtful, share your feelings, be observant, look out for each other, develop ways to be more and more present
11. Make a commitment to regularly reviewing together — spend considerable time learning how to have a conversation about the conversation so that you know how to go deep with each other
12. Create ways for people to move beyond their desks, out of their intrays and into the world in inquiry — they will bring back gold
13. Ask more questions than you ever have answers
For nyligt blev jeg gjort opmærksom på følgende blog, der har omtalt emnet: