📢 Announcing: The New Ways of Working Learning Pod
TLDR: join my new Learning Pod to regularly learn about and/or practice New Ways of Working with me and a bunch of others, for free! 😊
Up until this time last year, I hosted a New Ways of Working reading group for around three years and it was great!
The format was super simple: we’d show up online at 09.00 UK time on Wednesdays, share what we were reading (the choice was yours), then read in silence for 45 minutes, and close by sharing something we’d learnt.
You didn’t need to commit to joining every week, though there were lots of regulars and many of us got to know each other well. I realised this week that I missed it, so I’m going to try it again. This time with a slightly edited format to encourage experimentation as well as learning.
Would you like an invite? If so just reply to this email and I’ll make sure you get one (it’s free).
🧭 The Plan
09.00: We'll say hi and share what we're reading/listening to/watching AND/OR planning (5 min)
09.05: Read/listen/watch in silence AND/OR plan what you’ll try/experiment with in your team (45 mins)
09.50: Share what we learned AND/OR your New Ways of Working experiment plan (10 mins).
10.00: Close (though sometimes we’d hang out a little and continue conversations).
So alongside learning, there’s the option of putting our learning into practice by experimenting with New Ways of Working.
💡 Inspiration
If you're looking for content or experiment inspiration for the learning pod, take a look at the New Ways of Working Playbook. Each of the patterns has carefully curated articles, podcasts and videos, plus there’s a selection of recommended books and video case studies. If you’re ready to experiment, then there are loads of options you can try in the ‘Practice’ sections.
🎟️ Register for invites
If you’re interested in dropping in sometimes reply to the Substack newsletter or send me an email (mark.eddleston@marco.work) and I’ll add you to the invite. When it kicks off again it will be on Wednesdays, 09.00 UK time and there’s no expectation that you’ll join every week.
Support for me
🙏 Help spread New Way of Working by sharing this newsletter with a colleague, your team/org, or over on socials - I’d really appreciate that.
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Support for you
If your team/org could use some support, training or guidance to move away from traditional top-down ways of working then hit reply and we’ll schedule a call to see how I can help. I offer training on:
Effective *meetings*
Participatory *decision-making*
Growing a culture of *feedback*
New Ways of Working (NWOW) *101*.
Plus a free NWOW *Playbook demo* / Lunch & Learn.
Just let me know if any of these match a current need - I’d love to help 😊
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