Kristóf Bárdos, the CEO of Digital Natives, Co-founder of Green Fox Academy and Social Fokus shares his thoughts on how leaders and communities are in charge to help people to achieve their highest potential.

1. CULTURE OF INNOVATION MEETUP
Bárdos Kristóf

2. MY PROFILE
My profile
- tech & social entrepreneur
- consultant, ceo, sales, bizdev, orgdev
Companies:
Digital Natives - digital product development
Nostromo - lean product management tool
Green Fox - education
SocialFokus - community of social entrepreneurs

3. WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
Creativity is an attitude: I want to make it better than
I did it yesterday
Also,
It is a hidden decision in the background to use the
extra capacity

4. WHAT CREATIVITY DO WE NEED?
big ones: 1-4 times in a year
new business models, client acquisition, technology etc.
… and small ones: 1-4 times in a day
iterate on the CRM structure, change the office food
ordering

5. What makes people creative?
We bet on these:
● learning. to widening perspectives
● responsibility. to understand it’s my problem (the hardest part)
● commitment. to people, common or personal goals
● freedom. to make mistakes and be agile
● appreciation. to say thank you
● feedback. to self-reflection
● leadership. to be a role model

6. I’d like to showcase some methods & tools we practice
Digital Natives, Green Fox, SocialFokus
CASE STUDIES

7. ORGANISATION: FLAT
SELF-ORGANISING COMMUNITIES
process:
Holacarcy - hierarchy between roles, well designed, good for new
companies. High efficiency
“DiNacracy” - transformation process for up and running companies -
Medium efficiency in execution during the transformation
Open network - community of individuals and companies with the same
purpose. Lower efficiency in execution, but very purpose oriented
tool: glass frog

8. ● what is my responsibility: Divided by “circles” and “roles”
○ pool system to rotate tasks
● … everything is my responsibility: ownership
○ Co-ownership based on time, peer-review, seniority
● transparency: EVERYTHING…
salaries: formula based (towards badges, self-set)
○ based on work experience, seniority
RESPONSIBILITY

9. ● Alignment between company strategy and personal goal setting
● Dedicated time and budget
EXAMPLE: Elixir last year was a “only” a self development pattern, today it is a main
strategic goal in Digital Natives
● process: SMART individual goals / circle level company goals
● tool: small-improvements, spreadsheet
SELF-DEVELOPMENT

10. ownership: bigger investment in cash or resource, selling the
company
● process: voting
● tool: loomio or doodle
circle, individual: all the other thing…
● process: advice process, based on collective wisdom
● tool: loomio, slack
DECISION MAKING

11. Let me explain it...
Can I buy a new laptop?
1. ask your peers
2. consider honest feedback
3. your call to make the decision, no acceptance
Why? Because we trust you.

12. Agile is naturally pragmatic, not only for
software development.
plan, do, track, iterate.
we do sprints in marketing, organisation
development etc.
● process: sprint, retrospective, SMART
goals
● tool: Nostromo for task management
and reporting, spreadsheet for goals
FREEDOM: AGILE IS DELIBERATING

13. 360 peer review in writing
NO manager review, but group retrospective
● process: continuous retros, instant feedbacks, 360 twice a year
● tools: small-improvement for 360, plenuum for instant
FEEDBACK
Making mistakes is good. But don’t repeat the mistakes.

14. Leader is not a boss
● hardest challenge to awake self-leadership
● encourage people to take
What is CEO in a self-organising structure?
● He is to protect the company culture and ground rules
● Role model
● Create safe place for people
LEADERSHIP

15. What makes people creative?We bet on these:
● learning. to widening perspectives
● responsibility. to understand it’s my problem (the hardest part)
● commitment. to people, common or personal goals
● freedom. to make mistakes and be agile
● appreciation. to say thank you
● feedback. to self-reflection
● leadership. to be a role model

16. E-MAIL
info@digitalnatives.hu
PHONE
+36 30 208 5625
ADDRESS
Andrássy út 66. Budapest, H-1062
Digital Natives Ltd.