This document summarizes a 45 minute workshop hosted by Nadja Petranovskaja on October 4th, 2013 about making changes at work. Participants were asked to reflect on how happy they are at work, their willingness to change, and concrete changes they could make. They submitted their answers to Nadja. The document provides tips for making 6 easy changes in an organization and 3 rules for changing one's work world. It then shares the anonymized submissions from the workshop's participants on specific changes they could make.

1. Be the change!
Start now!
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45 Minutes with Nadja Petranovskaja
Stoos in Action
October 4th 2013
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2. How happy am I at work?
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My willingness to change
Submit your result to Nadja: nadja@petranovskaja.com
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3. How happy am I at work?
Results submitted on October 4th
My willingness to change
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4. 2. Search Your Peer
6 easy changes you can make in your organization
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Manage visually - use the simplest tools as possible (sticky notes)
Use fewer tools e.g. no meeting minutes (only action list)
There is only ONE project status - use one set of metrics for everyone
Speak openly about politics
Use guerrilla tactics
Relax as often as possible
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5. 3 rules for changing your work world
1. Separate between the expected result and the way you get this
result
2. Time with team has higher priority than e.g. zero mail box or
reporting
3. Be God! Define, decide, form, figure, build, design! There is
so much space in our work life and there are so many possibilities!
You are unforgettable. You are more than a small wheel in a
clockwork. You are unique.
You are the change you want to see.
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6. Make change in your environment concrete
Write down your answer to the question:
What can I change / improve right now / here?
If you are alone, start implementing! If you are in a
group of people, discuss your ideas with 2 or 3
other people.
Submit your result to Nadja:
nadja@petranovskaja.com
We will make a summary of all submissions and
publicize it on Stoos website
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7. Results submitted on October 4th (1 of 4)
What can I change / improve right now / here?
- resistance = I’m on the right way
- simply stop doing something that I feel is not necessary
- if a meeting is finished earlier, actively stop that meeting
- Relax with team, take breaks as a group
- Take a concise action list from every meeting
- Create a simple visual way to track progress
- make my physical environment more conductive for a flow that leads to
cooperation
- Time box
- WIP Boook
- Agenda Book
- Blog
Submit your result to Nadja: nadja@petranovskaja.com
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8. Results submitted on October 4th (2 of 4)
- Explicit marketing website, write more, publicize it better, write a verbal
diary…, document method
- get more clients, be brave not shy, be responsive, don’t drag my feet
- Take risks
- Find shared values + raise excitement
- Host & facilitate more conversations & events like this one
- Have a story ready to tell
- clients How-To-Do (Change) sessions
- Increase focus/attention outward
- Implement personal KANBAN
- grow on the concept of serendipity. Creating an environment where others can
benefit from my work and knowledge. And be inspired by the buzz it will creates
and the energy.
Submit your result to Nadja: nadja@petranovskaja.com
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9. Results submitted on October 4th (3 of 4)
- Allocation of precious hours
- turning kicks
- leg lock defense
- Strengthening program
- time spent outdoors
- forms
- develop own form
- stop complaining about work in my home
- run to places more often
- sprawling
- switching
- wall walking
- stay off computer
Submit your result to Nadja: nadja@petranovskaja.com
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10. Results submitted on October 4th (4 of 4)
- Focus on impact
- Simplify
- Bring to point
- Be brave!
- Ask my team colleges what I can do for them
- Focus on finishing one task at a time
- Only view mailbox 2 times a day
Submit your result to Nadja: nadja@petranovskaja.com
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