Hack:
Find out where the human power is and build on it!

By Rik Berbé - change facilitator at ENERGY8

March 6, 2011 at 10:27am

organizational development

shared values

collective identity

Moonshots

Humanize the language of business

Enable communities of passion

De-politicize decision-making

Summary

What happens when a team or entire organization discovers what drives the them? To actually understand the whole potential of all people around and to focus on these strengths. Without distraction and with full commitment.

Problem

Organizations lost their passion, human energy and clarity to know what really adds value to clients, employees and communities in general. Management literature and too rational approaches are the wrong track. Re-inventing and bringing back these essentials is key - it's about the people.

Solution

I created a hack to discovering collective energy and drives in a day. More specific, it supports all people in their dialogue about who they are and what they have to offer. On the other hand, If energy is not (anymore) there, tough choices should be made.

Check the hack on: http://energy8.eu/organisations/tool-2/

Practical Impact

As a first step we invite people in the organization to take part in a 10-minute online survey made up of four straightforward questions. From their answers, the hack (on-line tool) then creates a unique ‘self-portrait’ of the team, department or organization. The report mirrors your organization’s ‘DNA’. Participants can feel at ease as no individual feedback is generated.

During the second step we invite participants to a one-day workshop. This focuses on understanding the complex organizational issues that are rooted in the survey report. We stimulate group members to enter into a dialogue, gain insights together, come to conclusions and agree on how to take action. It’s this collective experience that creates the necessary commitment for action.

First Steps

Quick & Dirty: start to ask people what really drives them in a dialogue session. Mix all employees in groups and ask them to wrap-up and tell their stories.

Next step: ask them how to mobilize all these drives and energy for their clients.

Credits

C.G. Jung

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