Leveraging distributed leadership for ChangemakingThe story of

Simone Cicero Ouishare Connector@meedabyte

Firenze 14/3/2014I-GO

Changemakers

Changemakers

Change?

Finding new solutions

CO

Confrontation & collaboration

Everything started withone person, one blog, one

#hashtag

then early followers gathered

The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a

leader

DEREK SIVERS

then more people got involved and met in real life

then we picked a cool name

we had (international) confrontation in real life

Paris, 1st OuiShare Summit

human interactions started to be again part of the picture

…an open, global, distributed community of passionate people working to accelerate the shift toward a more collaborative economya shared mission encompassing

our points of view

Openness TransparencyIndependence Impact MeetPople InRealLife Action PermanentBeta Feedback Inclusion Play

a value manifesto?

…more confrontation in real life

Rome, 2nd OuiShare Summit

Paris, OuiShare Fest, 2nd-4th May ‘13

stewards of a movement

OuiShare Fest – Paris, May 2-4 2013

the first major european event about the collaborative economy

2 conference days : 700 attendees, 25 countries1 open day : 3 500 attendees from Paris

150 speakers, 10 satellite events, various activities

Barcelona, 3rd OuiShare Summit

Challenge: building an inclusive, sustainable organization

Bruxelles, 4th OuiShare Summit

4 Summits100+ OuiShare Events2 Continental Tours (LATAM/Europe)1 Global ConferenceIn more than 25 cities from France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, UK, Netherlands, Syria, Brasil, Argentina, Chile, etc.

Since July 2012240+ articles (FR/EN/ES)60+ contributors30.000 unique visitors/monthAlmost 10K Facebook fansAlmost 6K Twitter followers

.net

Think tank = unique deep insights on collaborative economy

70+ Online FB Groups•Local groups to activate cities/regions•Transversal language groups in English (Global), French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German.•Thematic groups to deep dive on a topic•Project based groups (video, labs, fest, etc.)•Organizational groups (connectors, core team etc.)

Grouping 1500+ contributorsfrom more than 20 countries mostly in Europe and LATAM

► community building► think tank knowledge production

► do thank project incubator

…

► services (structuring)

ouishare today

How (the hell) we did

it

Stigmergy Individual autonomy and

freedom to create regardless of acceptance or rejection by

the group.

Hierarchical

group controlled by an individual

Consensus individuals

controlled by the group

Empowerment vs. Control:

just f*****g do it

That’s what we learnt about

change

Change is about connecting

OuiShare Connectors

Change is P2P

Change becomes exponential when

you do that

Changemakingis about leveraging

networks and

communities

is about Purpose and

Contributions, not (only) budgets

Inspired by simbyosi.com

5 Pillar

s

Find your

North Star

Be loyal to a shared mission

(in permanent beta)

Today’s newbies are more than

yesterday’s core members

Push for transparenc

y and clarity

Full disclosure and understanding of processes is key

Clarity enables participation and

help overcome exploitation

concerns

Seek equity and solidarity

Bonds grow in equity and peer to peer

solidarityYou must create something more

than a work relationship

Enable distributed leadership

A do-first attitude

Top-bottom management should leave room to

consensus and self directed actions,

independence & emancipation

Build on Trust and

Reputation

Relations drive initiative

Trust and reputation are key enablers of a distributed

and collaborative decision making

process: leaders emerge if organizations

run on trust

Special Thanks:- Albert Canigueral- Benjamin Tincq- Arthur DeGrave

Thank you!Simone Cicero @meedabyte