How do you want to work in 2021? Would you like to kick the year off with a commitment to learning about and practising new ways of working in your team? If so, join my online course. The first cohort finished this week and the feedback has been heartwarming, I can’t wait to go again!
So join me and show your organisation some love in the new year with the New Ways of Working online course, starting on January 25 2021.
Purpose
The course objective is for you to enjoy your job more and to be an even better member of your team. You’ll learn collaboration and leadership skills, how to hold better meetings, and how to make better decisions faster. You’ll feel more comfortable giving feedback, know what’s getting in the way of being a great team that does awesome work, and develop the mindset to help make change happen.
To do this we'll borrow from the best sources. These include agile, self-management, organisational psychology, and the most progressive companies on the planet. Here’s a sneak peek of the October cohort’s course platform:
Course overview
The course is led by me, Mark Eddleston. I’m a new ways of working consultant, coach, facilitator and co-founder of Reinventing Work. Since 2015 I’ve been practising new ways of working and synthesising the mountain of information that’s out there. My New Ways of Working course is something of a greatest hits. We’ll fast forward to the trusted, tried and tested patterns that are found in some of the world’s most progressive organisations.
On this course, you’ll be practising and learning all the way. You'll get better at listening, teamwork, and self-organising. There will be pre-work ahead of each weekly meet on Zoom. You will have the chance to ask questions and to form a community on Slack. You'll become familiar with Notion, where course content is shared, and with Focusmate which will help you to get through it. You'll experience Mural, and Liberating Structures. Each week you will design experiments that will be implemented in your own team. You'll form partnerships with classmates who will help you, hold you accountable and be depending on you. Throughout, you’ll be experiencing some of the best collaborations tools and practices out there.
What we’ll work on
Week 1: Challenges - identify what gets in the way of great work in your team.
Week 2: Teamwork - we’ll uncover the research into what makes a great team.
Week 3: Mindset - we explore the mindset shifts that this work requires.
Week 4: Feedback - we’ll learn how to give and get more feedback.
Week 5: Decision-making - we explore alternatives to top-down & consensus.
Throughout the course, you will learn structures that you can pop in your pocket, take back to work and use immediately.
What to expect
Expect practical, interactive and participatory. Each week the format looks like this:
Pre-work: Before each Monday you’ll use Focusmate to work through the course materials (articles, podcasts, talks and and tools) shared via Notion. 1-2 hours.
Seminar: We’ll discuss what stood out from your pre-work, dive deeper into the topic, and figure out how you’ll apply it at work. 2 hours.
Experiment: At the end of each session you’ll have designed an experiment to try out at work that week. This takes place in your workday so timing is your call.
Accountability partnership: Having committed to an experiment you’ll catch up with a course peer to help each other out and hold each other to account. 1 hour.
Journaling: Each week you’ll be invited to write a quick reflection. 5-10 mins.
So it’s a weekly commitment of at least 5 hours, some or all of which will take place during work time.
When
The five-week course begins on Monday, 25 January 2021. We meet every Monday at 18.00 - 20.00 GMT, wrapping up on 22 February 2021.
Eligibility
This course is for you if you are:
Dissatisfied with traditional ways of working and feel that there’s a better way!
A member of a team - the course is not suitable for those who are not in a team.
Choosing to attend - and haven't been sent by your boss!
Open-minded - prepared to embrace new ideas and to experiment at work.
Committed and ready for a challenge! This is an intensive course - your hard work and active participation are baked into the course design.
Cost per person
£900 - my org is paying for me.
£600 - my org is paying for me plus one (or more) colleague/s.
£500 - I am paying for myself.
Please note that cohorts are limited to 12 places.
Register
To secure your place double-check the eligibility criteria ☝️ then send me a note to confirm (mark.eddleston@gmail.com) and I’ll generate an invoice right away.
Please note that cohorts are limited to 12 places.
About Mark
I came across new ways of working in New Zealand in 2015 after spending a decade in traditional workplaces. It was the first time I found consistent fulfilment in work. This experience was with a law firm and community organisation that features on the distinguished Corporate Rebels ‘bucket list’. Once you taste this way of working it is impossible to go back. I’ve since been a member of staff in two organisations that have departed from traditional management structures, so have plenty of lived experience.
I’m also co-founder of Reinventing Work, a decentralised global movement for people interested in more human-centred, purposeful and self-organised ways of working. So far we’ve gathered in 25 cities across five continents, including in Bristol (where it began) London, Berlin, Melbourne, Montreal and New York. I have delivered online content to hundreds, spoken about new ways of working at The University of Oxford, and facilitated at Meaning Fringe Conference. I’ve also appeared on the wonderful Leadermorphosis podcast and the University of the West of England’s MSc Occupational Psychology programme discussing the future of work.
You can check out my website (including testimonials) here: https://www.marco.work