Working Out Loud (WoL)
Working Out Loud (WoL)
Who has heard about the new movement WorkingOutLoud?
Especially in Germany companies are excited about it:
e.g. Daimler AG, Bosch, Siemens, … Vernetzt arbeiten und lernen, CIO-IDG
WoL is a method to facilitate working together across departments. It assumes groups of five persons – called circles – who did not yet work together. They shall meet one hour per week over 12 weeks and follow a defined agenda to realize some personal goals. Each week has a specific objective (slightly changed the headlines):
- Pick your goal and identify related people
- Give attention to related people
- Pay yourself first (reserve time)
- Earn someone else’s attention
- Gather facts about you
- Improve your visibility
- Write a letter from your future self
- Create your own progress chart
- Your Top Ten resources, and the Dinner Table University
- Become more systematic
- Imagine the possibilities
- Reflect and celebrate
You can read details here: http://workingoutloud.com/en/circle-guides