By the time I'm proposing something be different, I'm clear on why I'm doing that. And OS Coffee to me is a great place to bring something that I am noticing to a diverse group of people inside of my organization or outside of my organization. So it could be something as tactical as having a group of people from different competitive consulting firms and being like, what are you all seeing in terms of how the market is moving? Or like, are you guys seeing more or less price sensitivity or has anything changed about buyers?"
What exactly is OS coffee? It’s a specific meeting structure we use to explore topics related to our operating system (a.k.a. our OS). But OS coffee isn’t meant to be a formal, note-taking, let’s-finally-get-to-agreement-on-X kind of deal; rather, it’s about making space for different subjects to emerge and to do some shared sensemaking. In fact, it’s so casual that it’s less like a meeting and more like a gathering.
In this caffeinated episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans break down how to OS coffee, including:
- How to keep OS coffee conversations informal yet impactful
- How to ground the gathering in a “Yes, and…” headspace
- How to stand one up inside your own system without it feeling like mandatory fun
- How to use default agreements to create new group norms
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