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Spend monthly recurring time for reflecting on and improving the team
Team works ‘on’ the organization: running experiments to improve its Operating System
Feedback is flowing freely between members
Member’s learning goals are shared openly to help each other achieve them
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Members have participated and co-created the strategy
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The strategy contains clear trade-offs, clarity on what NOT to do
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Uses cycles of ’90 day outcomes’ that they are working against together
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Reviews steering metrics to know if their shared work is progressing
Meetings
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Their meeting routine drives the work forward
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Uses a tool like Trello, Notion, or Planner to capture projects and actions
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The role of the meeting facilitator rotates between members
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Uses asynchronous workflow: chat/audio/video for updates and unblocking
Behaving
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Equal talking time; everyone makes proposals
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Disagreement is seen as an opportunity to explore multiple truths
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Members name feelings and hold space for processing tension
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Models the behavior shift they’d like to see in the rest of their organization
The red thread: participation, co-creation, equality, adult-adult, accountability, consent, continuous change.
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