Equality, Freedom and Trust in Harmony Choruses
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How techniques from the world of agile software development can be used to manage democracy in harmony choruses (and other non-profit organisations)
Equality, Freedom and Trust in Harmony Choruses
- 1. Equality, Freedom and Trust in Harmony Choruses using techniques from the world of Agile Software Development
- 2. I dreamed a dream I want to sing in a group where everyone is equal
- 3. I dreamed a dream and everyone can contribute to creating the music
- 4. I dreamed a dream and everyone shares in the decisions
- 5. It should be easy to belong even if you have other commitments
- 6. I imagined three core principles:
- 7. But I had a lot of questions How can this possibly work? It'll never work!
- 8. so I did a LOT of thinking
- 9. and found some answers at ThoughtWorks
- 10. How can we learn to trust each other? through leading by example by showing our members they are trusted by being transparent
- 11. How can we ensure we're all on the same page? By creating Our Vision and Our Values together
- 12. How can we make sure we all have an equal opportunity to be heard? We can discuss things first online. We can have management meetings on demand, with an agenda set by the participants, who can attend in person or online, with decisions made by voting after time-boxed discussions.
- 13. How can we structure our creativity? We can provide a structure for song proposals
- 14. How can we structure our creativity? We can collaborate on song interpretation
- 15. How can we drive the work required to run our group?
- 16. How can we drive the work required to run our group? We can motivate our members with awards
- 17. How can we make it easy to join our group?
- 18. How can we ensure our quality improves? We can teach good feedback by analogy
- 19. How can we ensure our quality improves? we can recognise members who give and receive feedback well
- 20. How can we ensure our quality improves? We can record our songs so its easy for members to practice at home against the latest interpretation
- 21. What if it doesn't work? we can review our process regularly
- 22. So where are we now? We have a website We have a Facebook page We have a Meetup We have some Trello boards We have some singers! 7 other choruses are interested in our practices We're kicking off on February 9 Come join us!
- 23. I have another dream there are thousands of choruses around the world many belong to large umbrella organisations like Sweet Adelines International and the Barbershop Harmony Society I want democracy to spread within these groups and outside them, to other kinds of non- profit organisations
- 24. A question for you Do you think this can work for companies?
- 25. Thank You! Thank you ThoughtWorks, for having faith in me, giving me wonderful opportunities, and funding our inception venue Thank you Matt, for introducing me to Trello and Design Charrettes, and helping with our logo Thank you Scott, for helping solve some technical issues with our website Thank you Kelly, for planting the seed in my brain Thank you David, Josie and Tim for being eternally loving and supportive
- 26. About Me I have 20 years experience in the software industry, working for 10 different organisations I have 10 years experience as a singer, singing with 10 different groups (up to 5 simultaneously!) I am currently working with ThoughtWorks Australia in Sydney Contact me regarding software development practices Contact me regarding Our Chorus
- 27. References Fast Feedback Lean Coffee Card Walls Retrospectives Design Charrettes Gamification
Editor's Notes
- we can have a low barrier to entryand give new members an opportunity to prove themselveswe can provide online access