Co-Dynamics, the Podcast: Recent Episodes
Lorraine Margherita
Collective Dynamics is about leadership and decision-making on the move. If you're afraid to ask what teal means or think that sociocracy is a sect, listen to this: in less than 10 minutes, we'll explore real-life examples and concepts of "non-traditional" governance, and see how they could help you manage and lead in a "traditional" organization. After all, managers and leaders all need ways to bring everyone together to overcome challenges, handle uncertainties and meet their objectives as fast as possible.This is the English version of the bilingual podcast : "Co-Dynamics".
Today we're focusing on two French companies, Maif and HOP! Why? because daring is the hallmark of their empowerment initiatives.
You'll find their full story thanks to the interviews in my book Shared Decision-Making in the Corporate Arena.
In the meantime, here are the 3 dimensions covered in this episode:
- Changing perceptions and postures around management
- How to make the most of your history as an organization
- The journey and the key to the collective dynamics involved.
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Photo Vicky Tran (pexels)
Music Telio Garfive
After mission-driven companies and B-Corps: Purpose is our topic today.
- Purpose alone won't transform an organization
- What is an authentic Purpose in action?
- The benefits of being a Purpose-driven business
- 5 concrete examples
Sources
https://www.benjerry.com/values
https://www.danone.com/about-danone/we-are-danone.html
https://www.hcltech.com/#:~:text=See%20all%20events-,Our%20Purpose,seize%20the%20many%20opportunities%20ahead
https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/what-we-stand-for.html
https://www.sap.com/sustainability/our-approach.html
Photo Brett Sayles
· The French ministry of economy published a page about becoming a Mission-driven company (in French, I couldn’t find an equivalent in English on their website) www.economie.gouv.fr/entreprises/societe-mission
· “Pacte” Law in French: www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000038496102/
· B-Corp movement = www.bcorporation.net
· Communauté des entreprises à mission : www.entreprisesamission.org and its Observatoire des sociétés à mission : www.observatoiredessocietesamission.com (in French)
· Isaac Getz’s book: "Freedom Inc." (2009) / "Liberté et compagnie" (2012)
· About being perfect 100% of the time: Leading from Purpose, a book by N.Craig (CLI website). Also: “Authentic Leadership Insights“, an article by the same N. Craig.
1) It all started with a crisis
Isaac Getz’s book: "Freedom Inc." (2009) / "Liberté et compagnie" (2012)
SoL in Finland: https://www.sol.fi/en/the-company/about-us
Chronoflex in France: https://www.chronoflex.fr/en/who-are-we (in English) and https://www.inov-on.com (in French)
Patagonia: https://www.patagonia.com/business-unusual/
Patagonia as Top Leader Company in 2021, "the world’s 150 top impact companies that are solving business problems in socially constructive ways". http://real-leaders.com/patagonia/
2) It started with an intention
Constitution for Holacracy: https://www.holacracy.org/constitution/5
Maif: https://entreprise.maif.fr/accueil (in French) and https://www.maif.fr/maif-international
Interview Pascal Demurger (October, 2021): https://www.thegood.fr/pascal-demurger-maif-quand-les-collaborateurs-partagent-les-memes-orientations-strategiques-que-lentreprise-ils-deviennent-les-meilleurs-ambassadeurs-de-la-marque/
Ideo: https://www.ideo.com/people/david-kelley
Southwest Airlines: https://www.southwest.com/html/southwest-difference/southwest-citizenship
Interview Herb Helleher in 2016 by Guy Raz (NPR): https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=502344848:502624633
What those companies have in common, a vision of the world and of man: episode 2 in English and in French.
Learning from and sharing with other companies requires an open mind, imagine a kid in a candy store!I started creating this episode with the title "Nobodys is Perfect" --the final line of the movie "Some Like it Hot" by B. Wilder (1959).
About being perfect 100% of the time: Leading from Purpose, a book by N.Craig (CLI website)
Also: “Authentic Leadership Insights“, an article by the same N. Craig.
About a curious mindset: one reference happens to be Turn the ship around by D. Marquet --from the very submarine mentioned in an earlier episode!
UPDATE
Read this: "When writing this article, I never intended to paint anyone as a hero. At the same time, I believe that by tarring all TEPCO employees with the same brush, and always treating the utility as the bad guy, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson. " (2021 article about the tsunami in Fukushima here)
Today's episode refers to the way I started digging into stories of companies that were making decisions in a different way and getting unexpected results.
If you want to know more:About creating a company to find better ways of working togeher: I refer to this quote by Brian Robertson, “How can we live and work together in a more full, more embracing, more powerful way? ” (in "The Discovery of an Evolutionary Algorithm" in 2014).
Some of the books I'm referring to are a collection of stories gathered among real-life companies that we will explore: F. Laloux's Reinventing Organizations in 2012, I. Getz's Freedom Inc. in 2009 (US) and then 2012 (France with L'entreprise libérée), JF Zobrist's La belle histoire de Favi in 2007, J. Lecomte's L'entreprise humaniste in 2016, to name a few. We'll get back to them in future episodes!
About being part of something bigger: among other sources, this relates to the definition of motivation by D. Pink in his book "Drive" (2009).
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