Comments on: First Tuttle Breakfast http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/ Co-creating a Social Media Café for London Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Socialreporter | Organisation lite over coffee and croissants http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/#comment-147 Socialreporter | Organisation lite over coffee and croissants Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:31:29 +0000 http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-147 [...] Tuttle Club gathered again yesterday in the rather smart OneAlfredPlace, and a group of us considered the realities of organising [...] [...] Tuttle Club gathered again yesterday in the rather smart OneAlfredPlace, and a group of us considered the realities of organising [...]

]]> By: Tuttle and The Future of Work | WOWNDADI http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/#comment-82 Tuttle and The Future of Work | WOWNDADI Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:55:30 +0000 http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-82 [...] in April 24th, 2008 Posted by Benjamin in productivity Lloyd Davis organised an excellent Tuttle Breakfast at at OneAlfredPlace (which I would recommend looking into, if you are after membership of an [...] [...] in April 24th, 2008 Posted by Benjamin in productivity Lloyd Davis organised an excellent Tuttle Breakfast at at OneAlfredPlace (which I would recommend looking into, if you are after membership of an [...]

]]> By: Steve Dale http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/#comment-81 Steve Dale Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:34:04 +0000 http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-81 Great event Lloyd. Hoping to get to the Friday morning session this week. http://steve-dale.net/?p=196 Great event Lloyd. Hoping to get to the Friday morning session this week.

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]]> By: Organisation lite over coffee and croissants « Socialreporter http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/#comment-80 Organisation lite over coffee and croissants « Socialreporter Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:23:35 +0000 http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-80 [...] Tuttle Club gathered again yesterday in the rather smart OneAlfredPlace, and a group of us considered the realities of organising [...] [...] Tuttle Club gathered again yesterday in the rather smart OneAlfredPlace, and a group of us considered the realities of organising [...]

]]> By: Jemima Gibbons http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/#comment-79 Jemima Gibbons Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:18:17 +0000 http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-79 Big thanks to Lloyd for organising and David for our conversation summary. It was a great morning and, once over my disappointment that the glamourous Stephanie Powers (sic) wasn't coming, it was great to have a chat with David, Adriana and others about 'organisation lite'. My particular interest is in the 'zen' or 'quiet' leader who acts as an enabler - working skillfully behind the scenes to bring out the best in others - Lloyd himself is a good example, in fact. Is this type of personality essential in loosely-structured organisations, and is it possible for more heavy-handed, ego-driven leaders to 'learn' the art of zen? Big thanks to Lloyd for organising and David for our conversation summary.

It was a great morning and, once over my disappointment that the glamourous Stephanie Powers (sic) wasn’t coming, it was great to have a chat with David, Adriana and others about ‘organisation lite’.

My particular interest is in the ‘zen’ or ‘quiet’ leader who acts as an enabler – working skillfully behind the scenes to bring out the best in others – Lloyd himself is a good example, in fact.

Is this type of personality essential in loosely-structured organisations, and is it possible for more heavy-handed, ego-driven leaders to ‘learn’ the art of zen?

]]> By: David Wilcox http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/first-tuttle-breakfast/#comment-78 David Wilcox Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:50:46 +0000 http://tuttleclub.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-78 Lloyd - thanks to you, Steve and Rob for another piece of impromptu creativity. You make it look so easy:-) We did indeed discuss organisation lite. On the one hand we were taking inspiration from the open source movement which has evolved ways of organising without heavy-weight structures ... on the other hand recognising that when it comes to taking leases, employing people and so on, the State places on us various responsibilities and regulations that can't easily be avoided. In both cases you need leadership, and varying degrees of trust and collaboration. If structure and regulation is lite, trust and collaborative commitment is doubly important. I thought that Anecdote recently provided us with a useful framework in their white paper on teams, communities and networks - blogged here http://tinyurl.com/5mdh4j at the Membership Project where we are discussing these issues. The key question for me, is how to make practical progress on this through our voluntary contribution to Tuttle evolution. I think it might be done by blending what someone called primary and secondary purpose and and interest. That is, we'll do something for Tuttle and the cafe if it also has some spin offs for our businesses, networks, organisations. How about a workshop where we play through the Tuttle development scenario - taking on property, recruiting members, setting up a company (or something) - in a way that provides useful insights for other organisational development. See if we can interest a social media lawyer and some other professionals interested in connecting with us. It would be another step in prototyping. Organisation, lite or otherwise, comes after considering context, purpose, stakeholders, and a host of other factors. I think the best way to deal with the complexity is to get some experienced people into the same room and play it through. As well as prototyping organisation we could be fulfilling the learning aims of Tuttle too. Hope this helps - and that Jemima and others from the group will add/amend. Lloyd – thanks to you, Steve and Rob for another piece of impromptu creativity. You make it look so easy:-)
We did indeed discuss organisation lite. On the one hand we were taking inspiration from the open source movement which has evolved ways of organising without heavy-weight structures … on the other hand recognising that when it comes to taking leases, employing people and so on, the State places on us various responsibilities and regulations that can’t easily be avoided.
In both cases you need leadership, and varying degrees of trust and collaboration. If structure and regulation is lite, trust and collaborative commitment is doubly important.
I thought that Anecdote recently provided us with a useful framework in their white paper on teams, communities and networks – blogged here http://tinyurl.com/5mdh4j at the Membership Project where we are discussing these issues.
The key question for me, is how to make practical progress on this through our voluntary contribution to Tuttle evolution. I think it might be done by blending what someone called primary and secondary purpose and and interest. That is, we’ll do something for Tuttle and the cafe if it also has some spin offs for our businesses, networks, organisations.
How about a workshop where we play through the Tuttle development scenario – taking on property, recruiting members, setting up a company (or something) – in a way that provides useful insights for other organisational development. See if we can interest a social media lawyer and some other professionals interested in connecting with us. It would be another step in prototyping.
Organisation, lite or otherwise, comes after considering context, purpose, stakeholders, and a host of other factors. I think the best way to deal with the complexity is to get some experienced people into the same room and play it through. As well as prototyping organisation we could be fulfilling the learning aims of Tuttle too.
Hope this helps – and that Jemima and others from the group will add/amend.

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