NUTS!

Vinny Cichon
Jul 23, 2017 · 2 min read

After dropped the college to become an airline Pilot, I found myself 10 years later starting my own small aviation company with no entrepreneurial skills but trying hard to learn as much I could reading business books, on that same year one very special book (for me) was published:

NUTS! SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CRAZY RECIPE FOR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL SUCCESS

WOW! the book touched me profoundly, I read at least 10 times and I bought one for each one of our 5 teammates, I was so impressed that I referred to it as “My BIBLE”

That time I didn’t know nothing about Self Management and Teal Corporations, the only thing I knew that I’d like to grow my company following “My BIBLE” principles.

Our small team loved the principles and everybody were committed to the company mission, the company grew up with no bureaucracy and everybody was having fun, so inspired by our success we decide to jump from a small charter company to become an Airline, and everything started to change…..

In our first meeting with the Aviation Authorities they request a pile of documents and a detailed Organization Chart, we were a team of 30 that moment and we never ever had talk about Organization Chart, so we started to follow all the rules and procedures and 2 years later we received the Airline Certification, it was the beginning of a long journey and the end of “My BIBLE” dreams…

Before we ceased the operations 9 years later, we grow from 30 to 120 employees and we served 16 cities within the Amazon Rainforest, in many of them the only option to travel were by plane or boat. If you are curious check this company video

After all, here I am, excited to have found other “NUTS”, please find here the VBK Team Social Contract and my Colleague Letter of Understanding bellow.

Colleague Letter of Understanding

My beliefs about Self Management Organizations so far:

  • I believe the Self management is all about TRUST
  • I believe we have to keep the contracts simple
  • I believe Self management start with a clear intention between the peers.

Mission

  • Learn as much as possible about Self Management
  • Contribute, Share and Brainstorming with my colleagues
  • Understand how to apply those principles in the Startup world

Expectation:

  • To be introduced to a relevant content and tools related to the topic
  • To participate with my colleagues in all activities.
  • To receive feedback and instruction from my coaches

Mission Alignment

  • By Being committed to learn and apply the PSMI Knowledge
  • By Sharing my thoughts and challenges with the team
  • By helping to spread the word

Support Needed

  • The knowledge from my coaches
  • The feedback from my colleagues
  • The commitment with myself

Practical Self Management Intensive

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Vinny Cichon

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Co-Founder GreenWorld Investments “For a Better Future”

Practical Self Management Intensive

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