European Development Days
Client: Enabel - Belgian Development Agency (Brussels, Belgium)
The challenge: To design and facilitate a workshop focused on co-creating a roadmap of actions around how Africa and Europe can work together towards a human-centered digitization.
The most challenging part was to facilitate the exchange between such a diverse audience: EU agencies, policy makers, civil society, NGOs, think tanks, private sector and ministries.
We also asked people to join the conversation prior to the event through a publication.
Tools and frameworks applied:
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Art of Hosting
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Coaching techniques
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Design Thinking
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Design Research
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Human Centered Design principles
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Previous experience in digital transformation
Lessons learned:
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The importance of deepening into the purpose to really understand the client's needs.
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Working under pressure and under tight deadlines
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Simplify the session design and focus on active participation.
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Working in a project for the European Commission.with the highest quality requirements .
Expertise France
Client: French agency for international cooperation projects (Paris, France)
The challenge: To co-create among members from 18 countries in Latin America the next green solutions from Euroclima+ program.
Solution: Design and facilitation of a 4-day (15 hours) event through an innovative and participatory approach.
Tools and frameworks applied:
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Scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospective.
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Agile product backlog
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Kanban
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Work Breakdown Structure
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Design Thinking
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Participatory Leadership (Art of Hosting)
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Non- Violent Communication - NVC
Lessons learned:
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The value of diversity and collective intelligence in the co-creation process
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Always have a contingency plan
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Realized the value of each ceremony in SCRUM
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Planning in detail to ensure the success of the project
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To work under pressure and with tight deadlines
Jaipur India
Client: Company from the manufacturing sector with more than 40 thousand artisan women (Jaipur, India)
The challenge: To provide employees practical tools that allow them to apply self-management in their day-to-day
Solution: Training in self-management through Sociocracy 3.0 practices.
Tools and frameworks applied:
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Introduction to Meeting facilitation skills
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Introduction to consent decision making).
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Learn how to effectively resolve objections.
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Introduce and practice the role selection process
Lessons learned:
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To be aware of the cultural differences because any misunderstanding can change the natural flow of the training.
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To be respectful and open minded with a hierarchy system that works in a different way.
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Listen carefully and learn from the dynamics that are currently working within the teams.
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Ensure that all participants can communicate at the same level in the chosen language.
Endesa
Client: Company in the energy sector (Madrid, Spain)
The challenge: To provide workers with tools that will help them to bring the organizational transformation into their daily basis.
Solution: Design and co-creation of a cultural transformation plan ad hoc for the organization.
Methodologies applied:
- Design Thinking
- SCRUM
- Kanban
Tools and frameworks applied:
- AS IS - TO BE diagnosis of the current situation and their foresight.
- In-depth interviews and ethnographic research with key collaborators.
- Co-creation of a congruent roadmap of actions aligned with the project strategy.
- Identification of change agents in the organization to foster transformation from within.
Lessons learned:
- Empathize with employees at all hierarchical levels.
- How to translate research results in tangible actions.
- How to listen to what is not being said.
TWY workshops
Client: Executives and middle managers interested in learning alternative methodologies for cultural transformation in their organization (Latam)
The challenge: Design and facilitation of workshops in partnership with Thinking with you and 9 Brains.
Tools and frameworks applied:
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Sociocracy 3.0
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Design Thinking
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Art of Hosting
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Business Agility
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Teal Organizations
Lessons learned:
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I improved my public speaking skills and my ability to respond to the emergent.
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Deepen my knowledge on Sociocracy 3.0.
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Design of highly participatory workshops tailored to the reality of each attendee.