At Work with The Ready

This is the fourth episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each episode dives into a specific topic related to organizational design for Web3.Today, they talk about why anchoring to KPIs can run afoul of how value is actually created in complex systems and how data can be used to steer choices rather than to set objectives.

Ready for a wake-up call? Today’s episode of Brave New Work is all about conscious leadership—a way of showing up that asks us to be responsive rather than reactive, present rather than lodged in the past or the future, feeling-full rather than feeling-empty, and radically responsible rather than carelessly unaccountable. Sound hard? Exhausting? Wildly uncomfortable? It is.That’s why Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans called in Jim Dethmer, founding partner of the Conscious Leadership Group and co-author of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership. They talk to Jim about why doing this self-work is so important, why transformational leadership depends on it, and how entire teams and organizations can become more self-aware.Our book is available now at bravenewwork.comWe want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.comLooking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

This is the third episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each episode dives into a specific topic related to organizational design for Web3. Today, they talk about the governance structures currently used in most DAOs and why transitioning away from a voting-based model and toward a consent-based model is a move worth making. The Principle of Agreements The Principle of Consent The Principle of Autonomy The Principle of Roles The Principle of Transparency The Principle of Teaming The Principle of Circles The Principle of Teaming

This is the second episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each episode dives into a specific topic related to organizational design for Web3.Today, they talk about some of the blurriness between DAO customers and contributors, and how to design and define roles inside these nascent communities so emergence can you-know-what.

This is the first episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each episode dives into a specific topic related to organizational design for Web3.Today, they talk about different proposal types, the best ways to structure them, and the critical info that should go into each.

The hosts engage with listener questions about impostor syndrome and the future role of AI in the workplace. They emphasize the value of calculated risk-taking and navigating the cost of inaction. Insights on leadership stress the importance of clear communication and fostering creativity through open cultures. Additionally, they reflect on Organizational Development challenges, advocating for emotional accountability and adaptability in dynamic environments. Plus, a few fun t-shirt ideas are tossed into the mix!

If you won’t say it, we will: Making working agreements is dope. Doing so can give teams an equal opportunity to contribute; provide clarity where clarity is missing and causing friction; introduce new employees to an organization’s source of truth. We could go on. And because it’s not uncommon for us to hear, “But agreements can lead to inadvertent bureaucracy,” we did.In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans are clearing the air on what the job of working agreements is, when they make sense, how they help teams pin down fundamentals to unleash creativity and go fast, and what could go in your own team’s agreement-making starter pack.Our book is available now at bravenewwork.comWe want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.comLooking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

If you’re like us, you’ve binged all of Netflix’s docuseries about Formula 1 racing. And if you’re like Ready member Jurriaan Kamer, you’re not only steeped in the popular sport, but also often thinking about its overlap with self-management and org design. Turns out that when you peer under Formula 1’s hood, you find provocative organizational lessons about requiring room for reflection, distributing authority, clarifying purpose, innovating alongside intense regulation, and accelerating change at lightning-speed. In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans speak with Jurriaan about why modern businesses can use Formula 1 as a blueprint for efficiency and inventiveness and how he translated the sport’s organizational insights in his own business fable, "Formula X: How to Reach Extreme Acceleration in Your Organization."If you want to learn more about Jurriaan's work his book, check him out here: https://www.jurriaankamer.com/An F1 car in 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_F1-2000An F1 car in 2021: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_SF21Our book is available now at bravenewwork.comWe want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.comLooking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

Doing the accountability dance in the world of self-management, where everyone’s balancing a different portfolio of projects and priorities, can be tricky. When an initiative needs nudging, when a product needs launching, or when a gap in the system needs filling, who owns that work? Who should own it? And how does an organization create space for vision and ownership to emerge? Rather than force stuff to get done or let tensions surface at a hare-like pace, maybe there’s a third way that asks, “How are we showing up to this work and what clarity do we need about the roles we play?” Tending to that question can nurture an ecology of contribution—where the right participants with the right superpowers identify the right work to help steer the system forward.In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how to answer "who's driving the bus?" when there are no bosses to default towards.Our book is available now at bravenewwork.comWe want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.comLooking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

Journalist Sarah Jaffe discusses the myth of finding fulfillment in work, challenging societal pressures to derive happiness solely from jobs. The conversation explores the historical evolution of work expectations, the impact of the pandemic on work narratives, and the importance of systemic change over individual fulfillment.