Contribution Review
Contribution review Stewards: Tim Masson and Loree Bennett On January 1, 2019, all managers at Raise exchanged their “Positional Authority” for the Authority granted via the RaiseOS to everyone equally across the company. Because of this shift, everyone in the company now has the Authority to take on any Problem/Opportunity and “manage” it to a […]
Sponsorship Guide
Sponsorship Guide Click here to download a PDF version of this document. The Basics So, you want to be a Sponsor? “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark” – Whoopi Goldberg At Raise, we see Sponsorship as an […]
Liberating Structures
Liberating Structures Credit where credit is due! All material comes from this site: http://www.liberatingstructures.com/ and was created by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless. Liberating Structures are a meeting design tool used at Ian Martin to build and create conversations and discussions that provoke original thought and meaningful dialogue. There are 33 tools in the suite and as an example, one of the more commonly used tools at IMG is listed below. Visit the […]
Teaming Practice
Teaming Practice Stewards: John Breininger and Edwin Jansen The Teaming Practice offers support for self organizing teams. Some teams have recently been using the P2P Liberating Structure instead of the Teaming Practice. Both achieve the same general purpose – offering a structured approach to norming team practices. Setup The first step of the teaming practice is work […]
The History of Teal OS at Raise
The History of “Teal” for the RaiseOS *This document was originally created as a part of an application for the NextGen Enterprise Awards in the winter of 2020. (We won an award!)* Raise, formerly the Ian Martin Group, is a 60+ year old, 3rd generation family-owned staffing company, with 400 employees in Canada, the US, […]
Six Hats
The Six Thinking Hats Edward de Bono developed the Six Thinking Hats as simple and effective way to facilitate more productive meetings by utilizing different perspectives. The Six Hats method is a simple technique based on the brain’s different modes of thinking. The intelligence, experience and information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. […]
Foundational Skills
Foundational skills The foundational skillsets required for the Teal O/S to be functional fall into 3 categories: Self – Knowledge Psychological Safety (Generous Listening & Equal Talking Time) Polarity Management Articles, presentations and documentation that support the above learning: Generous Listening – This is a training session offered to new hires and sporadically through the organization as there is interest. If […]