1000 Reinventors!
In 2019 Mark Eddleston introduced “an emerging global movement. We make work better, one place at a time”. With 1000+ Reinventors on our lively Slack group and a global pandemic that’s shaken old habits, it was time to reflect!
When we surveyed the community, we found a clear desire for a refreshed purpose. So here it is…and you’re invited to come join us!
What’s worked really well:
- 🧪 Labs — help each other think through work challenges and design actions to make our workplaces better. Sign up here
- 📚 Weekly Reading Groups! With timezones to accommodate both European and American readers; we show up, share what we’re reading then read alone together! Before the hour is up we come back and share our favourite takeaways. Sign up here
- 🎥 Lunch & Learn — we watch awesome video content together and then share our reflections in a circle. Sign up here
- 👀 24-hour Practice Event — planned for November — exciting stuff from Katrin Kircheis and Morgan Martin!
Internal skills and ideas sharing:
- 👂 Coaching (give or receive for free) in #community-coaching channel
- ✍️ Writers Club for constructive criticism to help us become better writers
How we do what we do:
📖 Our Handbook makes ‘how we work’ transparent, with guidance on how to get more involved in the community.
🤓 As we grow, we make community wide decisions using the Advice Process, so anyone can propose changes or ideas. We often use Consent Decision Making when smaller groups are impacted.
What we’re struggling with:
- Like many voluntary communities, a small group of us does most of the work. We’re experimenting with ‘Roles’ to add clarity and accountability, but we still haven’t got this quite right
- Many ‘Reinventors’ have seriously deep knowledge, so we’d especially welcome more people (like me!) who work in ‘Traditional’ organisations
- Scheduling times to meet is tricky, as we span multiple time zones, yet working asynchronously can make accountability difficult
Where we’re going next
We don’t know! In fact, that might just depend on you, so come join our wonderful community and propose a new direction or experiment!
