DISCUSSION GUIDE
(Quick Start)
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WHY HOW WHAT
MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING GETTING THINGS DONE SETTING DIRECTION
• Would you characterize your • What are the most important • What roles do participation and
organization as an open differences between transparency play in decision
organization? meritocratic and democratic making practices?
organizational structures?
• Can you think of additional • What barriers to participation
characteristics of an open • Would you describe your and transparency exist in your
organization? organization as meritocratic? organization?
• Do you think many people in • In meritocracies, how do • How can your organization
your organization are familiar leaders emerge? make better use of "discovered
with and believe in its mission logic?"
• How would your organization
statement?
change if its leaders were • How can your organization
• What is the difference between selected meritocratically? better embrace participatory
"passion" and "purpose"? decision making to increase its
• Is your organization or team
speed and flexibility?
• How can your organization set up to reward members with
"activate the emotional the most valuable ideas? • Does your organization or
passions and desires" of its team properly equip its
• Is your organization doing all it
associates? associates to make decisions
can do cultivate advancement?
without relying on a traditional
• Does your organization
• How is true collaboration hierarchy?
encourage the exercise of
different from mere
emotions in the workplace? • In what ways might your
"brainstorming"?
organization renovate its
• How does your organization go
• What role does dissensus play hierarchies to increase speed
about hiring associates that
in the development and and flexibility?
believe in and share its
deployment of organizational
mission? • In what ways do leaders in your
initiatives and strategies?
organization spark action and
• What is "engagement" in an
• What barriers to achieving change?
organization?
productive dissensus exist in
• What is the benefit of
• Do you feel you know enough your organization?
discussing ideas before they
about your organization’s
• Can you think of a time when are "fully baked?"
strategic priorities to make
someone in your organization
informed decisions about • How can the open
challenged one of your ideas?
changes you’d like to organizational mission to
implement? • Is your organization doing "release early, release often"
everything it can to foster change the way you work?
productive dialogue?
• Can your organization become
more open?
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