Matthias Lang

Matthias Lang

Anchor Circle

Purpose: Rewriting the future of organization - Catalyzing the evolution of wholesome organizations.

  • Rep Link

    von General Company Circle

    Purpose:

    Innerhalb des Super-Kreises übernimmt der Rep Link den Purpose des Sub-Kreises; innerhalb des Sub-Kreises ist der Purpose des Rep Links: Spannungen, die relevant für die Verarbeitung im Super-Kreis sind, zu kanalisieren und aufzulösen.

    Accountabilities:

    • Spannungen verstehen, welche von Rollenführern innerhalb des Kreises vermittelt werden
    • Spannungen erkennen, die geeignet sind, innerhalb des Super-Kreises zu verarbeiten
    • Spannungen innerhalb des Super-Kreises verarbeiten, um die Einschränkungen des Kreises zu beseitigen

Customer Facing Circle

Purpose: Populate next:land!

  • Account Orchestrating

    für E

    Purpose:

    Account and Engagement Leads feel well-serviced

    Accountabilities:

    • Scheduling regular meetings with key stakeholders of the client-organization (e.g. door-opener, leader)
    • Reflecting the ongoing transformation and co-creating possibilities (sales opportunities) for a sustainable transformation with key stakeholders of the client-organization and @Engagement Lead
    • Negotiating the terms of business (including billable prep-work) and travelcost with the client and informing @Engagement Lead
    • Deciding on proper @Engagement Lead after integrating feedback of @Staffing Sparring for new and existing engagements with the account
    • Scheduling regular meetings with all @Engagement Lead of this “account” to create common ground, alignment, and a sense of direction for the overall transformation
    • Structuring the GDrive Folders in a simple and clear way

  • Acquisition_Coach

    für ED

    Purpose:

    Full effectiveness for @Evolutionary Catalyst (Core Partners) on the market

    Accountabilities:

    • Scheduling sparring sessions (approx. 60’ per month)
    • Agreeing quantitative and qualitative targets with the coachee (mandatory topics: capacity utilization, content positioning, visibility in the market, customer relationships ... might be supplemented by other topics) and developing targets further if necessary - to develop competencies for growing, farming and hunting
    • Regularly discussing status and supporting coachee in realizing these and/or organizing support
    • Providing ad hoc sparring if opportunities or risks for target achievement arise in the short term
    • Supporting the coachee in creating transparency regarding their goals and the development process (within dG)

  • Ecosystem Partner Relais

    für Bernhard, Gregor

    Purpose:

    A lively and mutually beneficial relationship between dG and ecosystem partners

    Accountabilities:

    • Scheduling regular talks (at least once a year) w/ respective ecosystem partner to evaluate relation and potential
    • Acting as Rep link for respective ecosystem partner, for tensions concerning the partnership
    • Granting discounts for a specific public training to respective ecosystem partner after integrating feedback of @Pricing Strategy and the role organizing the event
    • Processing tensions of dG as an organization with the respective partner
    • Inviting and removing respective partner to and from relevant slack channels as determined in ecosystem partnership
    • Pitching relevant roles to publish and remove a website profile of ecosystem partner when beneficial to client projects
    • Inviting and removing ecosystem partner to and from relevant staff folders on g-drive
    • Deciding about when to start and end an ecosystem partnership
    • Pitching relevant role to provide a dG email address if beneficial to client projects

  • Engagement Lead

    für specific projects

    Purpose:

    Awesome management and coordination of consulting projects

    Accountabilities:

    • Contacting current leads (=potential clients) on request by @Staffing Sparring
    • Publishing client requests on Slack to allow for challenging by @Do or Die
    • Developing cutting-edge proposals (incl. pricing in accordance with @Pricing Strategy) upon request of a customer.
    • Selecting suitable @Evolutionary Catalyst or Project Partners for client projects after integrating feedback of @Staffing Sparring
    • Deciding the staffing of specific workshops within the project, based on transparent decision criteria
    • Contracting with the clients on an ongoing basis to align expectations & logistics and adjust agreements as engagement needs evolve, saving related documents/emails @projects
    • Forecasting needed consulting resources and sharing relevant information with all @Evolutionary Catalyst or external Catalysts "Project Partners" involved in the project - prior to project launch and throughout project
    • Scheduling and facilitating regular staff meetings 1) for mutual updating of project-relevant information in the particular project staff and 2) for developing/improving the quality of the consulting strategy/work in a particular consulting project 3) for learning purposes & know-how transfer
    • Storing relevant project documents and emails directly on dG Google drive preferably in Google-doc format under the respective project folder
    • Providing relevant odoo data to @Project Backbone (Accounts, Projects, Sales Order Information)
    • Setting up initial project and governance structure according to policy "Large Staff project in Glassfrog"
    • Acting as by default @Ecosystem Partner Relais for Project Partners invited into projects for the first time.
    • Informing @Ecosystem Partner Relais Shepherd about new Project Partners and add relevant data to the project partner list.
    • Adding and updating opportunities in Odoo Pre-Sales Module, creating MVP-Sales Order(s) after proposal is confirmed by client
    • Making agreements regarding the daily rate with involved project partners - taking into account the current Ecosystem Partnership Framework - and integration of feedback from @Pricing Strategy, if required.
    • Scheduling and facilitating regular retrospectives to work better together within the staff and reflect on the staff and its dynamics
    • Creating learning opportunities within the client work for existing and potential staff members (e.g. with less experience and learning objectives in that field)

  • Evolutionary Catalyst

    für specific projects

    Purpose:

    Cutting - edge consultancy services with impact for the client system

    Accountabilities:

    • supporting the @Engagement Lead in developing client-related documents e.g. crafting offers, proposals, design, photo protocol etc.
    • making all client related documents (e.g. offers, proposals, design, photo protocol etc.) accessible and findable using project structure on the dG Google Drive provided by @Project Backbone
    • providing and facilitating excellent consultancy services
    • reflecting regulary the quality of delivery and the relationship with clients through peer to peer reviews inside dG and/or external coaching
    • building relationships with potential clients to acquire new project opportunities that fit to dGs purpose
    • leveraging contacts for dG initiatives
    • providing expert knowledge about consulting practices to the organization in interviews with @Creator and by regularly updating and feedbacking confluence pages

  • Lead Link

    Purpose:

    Populate next:land!

    Accountabilities:

    • Es sind keine Accountabilities für diese Rolle definiert.

  • Odoo User Perspective

    Purpose:

    Fluid project work in an evolving CRM software environment

    Domänen:

    • Tickets for new functions of our CRM software

    Accountabilities:

  • Pricing Strategy

    Purpose:

    Pricing of consulting services and public events reflects an excellent fit in the tension of purpose - market demand - business model.

    Accountabilities:

    • Defining the prize range and standard daily rates for consulting services.
    • Acting as sparring partner for pricing decisions of all roles accountable for pricing of dG services.
    • Establishing and maintaining guidelines for economic agreements with external consultants and trainers whom we invite to projects or to whom we forward requests.

  • Project Backbone

    für specific projects

    Purpose:

    sustainable and efficient project administration

    Accountabilities:

    • Updating Odoo according to guidelines published by @Quarterback with all project relevant information (i.e. creating SO for the upcoming three months, accounts, projects, workshops, etc) for confirmed projects until the 10th of every month
    • Providing project structure on the dG Google Drive under the corresponding folder and instructing involved roles and project partners to make all project related documents (e.g. offers, proposals, design, Photo protocol etc.) accessible and findable there
    • Providing Sales Order number (SO number) and terms of business like daily rate or travel cost to involved roles and project partners by end of month at the latest
    • Checking and forwarding incoming invoices and expenses of external partners (project partners) to @Basic Financial Bee
    • Informing external partners about the expense process including deadlines and reminding them about the deadlines
    • Sending invoices to clients
    • Checking and validating information in Odoo before an invoice is created (e.g. timesheets if entered)
    • Reminding clients to pay outstanding invoices after checking invoices list provided by @Controller (after coordinating with @Account Orchestrating and @Engagement Lead if applicable)
    • Triggering @Controller to send a formal dunning letter to client if necessary

  • Science

    Purpose:

    next:land scientifically mapped

    Accountabilities:

    • coordinating scientific interviews on next:land topics
    • ramping up and coordinating scientific projects with research institutes

  • Sustainability Fighter

    Purpose:

    dG’s sustainability handprint strengthened

    Accountabilities:

    • Developing dG’s sustainability handprint and prioritizing dG’s SDG focus
    • Developing dG offers that increase dG’s handprint
    • Providing input to dG’s public profile / brand placement with respect to our sustainability actions

  • dG Approach Topic Owner

    für Sustainability; Skill & Habit Program

    Purpose:

    Inspiring training and consulting materials

    Accountabilities:

    • Maximizing the customer value of our services by collecting and channeling user feedback (of @Evolutionary Catalyst and clients)
    • Developing, maintaining and communicating a vision for the topic in focus
    • Monitoring and communicating the profitability of topic related activities
    • Maintaining an up to date development backlog in collaboration with @chief editor
    • Regularly initializing revision processes for respective topics and confluence sites and pitching corresponding projects to @chief editor
    • Onboarding new dG members to the topic and the documentation on confluence

  • dG Fingerprint

    Purpose:

    A concise, powerful and inspiring dG approach to organizational transformation work

    Accountabilities:

    • Challenging the structure, conciseness and content of the dG approach library (under special consideration of current market needs)
    • Reviewing decisions made and providing feedback / proposing changes about important fundamental questions of the dG approach to @Chief Editor

General Company Circle

Purpose: Rewriting the future of organization. Catalyzing the evolution of wholesome organizations.

  • Customer Facing Circle

    Purpose:

    Populate next:land!

    Domänen:

    • Staffing of Client Projects

    Accountabilities:

    • Delivering requested services to clients at cutting-edge standards
    • Developing and maintaining sustainable client relationships
    • Providing clearly structured and regularly updated economical perspective for all ongoing client projects, incl. offers, invoices, contract terms and volumes.
    • Defining the daily rate for consultant services of dG and defining the boundaries of flat-rates for dG proposals
    • Invoicing clients asap according to processes provided by @General Company Circle
    • Staffing client projects to the best interest of clients and organization.
    • Specifying the consulting products and services dG offers to clients.
    • Developing tools and processes that support know-how building and transfer during onboarding phase for consulting-related roles
    • Demanding and checking bills and receipts from external staff members
    • Defining standard operational processes and informing respective roles (i.e. @General_Company_Circle) in order to adapt policies, standards and/or software to the needs
    • Creating visibility and excitement for dG and its services on the market

  • Finance

    Purpose:

    Safe financial passages

    Accountabilities:

    • Selecting, contracting, communicating and taking care of suppliers in finance and insurance area
    • Ensuring legality of financial behaviour
    • Organizing funding/sourcing if necessary for the organization based on the information by Controlling
    • Providing impulses for steering dG's finances based on data provided by @Controller
    • Advising other roles with regards to further development of dG legal set up - from financial perspective
    • Regularly checking (at least once a month) all bank transactions for irregularities and performing spot checks if respective documentation is complete

  • Firekeeper

    Purpose:

    Setting the stage at campfire days for wholesome pow-wow, collective learning and fruitful collaboration

    Domänen:

    • Agenda of campfire days

    Accountabilities:

    • Designing the overall agenda of campfire days after listening to the needs and ideas of relevant roles
    • Taking care of a beneficial framework.
    • Documenting relevant output and distributing minutes
    • Triggering searching for and booking venues @VenueSteward
    • Preparing a stage for Creator Teams to present prototypes and results, receiving feedback and coordinating their work

  • Rep Link

    zu Anchor Circle

    Purpose:

    Innerhalb des Super-Kreises übernimmt der Rep Link den Purpose des Sub-Kreises; innerhalb des Sub-Kreises ist der Purpose des Rep Links: Spannungen, die relevant für die Verarbeitung im Super-Kreis sind, zu kanalisieren und aufzulösen.

    Accountabilities:

    • Spannungen verstehen, welche von Rollenführern innerhalb des Kreises vermittelt werden
    • Spannungen erkennen, die geeignet sind, innerhalb des Super-Kreises zu verarbeiten
    • Spannungen innerhalb des Super-Kreises verarbeiten, um die Einschränkungen des Kreises zu beseitigen

Brand Movement

Purpose: dwarfs and Giants is a loved brand enabling deep transformation by countless 1-to-many interactions

  • iOB - Hub

    Purpose:

    enabling internal Organizational Consultants to create an awesome, self-organized conference.

    Accountabilities:

    • coordinating retrospectives and planning meetings for relevant roles (@Public_Event_Interface , @Event Experience , @General Company Circle ) and external iOB-Organizers.
    • triggering @General Company Circle to provide a statement of costs and revenue.
    • collecting invoices and bills from iOB-Organizers and process them.

Holacracy and beyond

Purpose: Transformative trainings that transmit Holacracy and dG's approach towards structured organisational frameworks and catalyze the capacities it requires.

  • Slack Host

    Purpose:

    A sparkling peer to peer network of German speaking Holacracy aficionados

    Domänen:

    • Memberships and permissions for German Holacracy slack team

    Accountabilities:

    • providing and developing purpose for German Holacracy slack team
    • fostering a cooperative and inspiring atmosphere
    • maintaining channel structure, accepting members, appointing members to roles

Next:Pedition

Purpose: Awesome and customer wowing cutting edge Next:Land programm

  • next:positioner

    Purpose:

    Crystal-clear and attractive market positioning of next:pedition

    Accountabilities:

    • Defining the Favorite Customer and value proposition for n:p
    • Briefing all n:p related outreach roles to align with Fav Customer definition and value proposition

Smooth Operations

Purpose: Smooth handling of finance and infrastructure

  • Access to IT Tools

    für Confluence

    Purpose:

    Members access to our fundamental IT tools is well administered

    Accountabilities:

    • informing @Communication-Infrastructure about dG members needs for fundamental IT tools related to Member-Partner communications (e.g. email, slack), file storage (e.g. Google Drive), videoconferencing systems (e.g. Google Meet, Zoom) and office software (i.e. MS Office)
    • activating or deactvating accounts / access rights for fundamental IT Tools for new & transitioning dG members after beeing triggered by @People Operations Circle or @Offboarding and Transitioning Support

  • Legal dG Representative

    Purpose:

    Nicht spezifiziert

    Domänen:

    • Signing of all contracts, agreements, forms which require the signature of a "Geschäftsführer" according to Austrian regulations

    Accountabilities:

    • Attending to all formal duties of a "Geschäftsführer".

  • X-Link Customer Facing Circle

    Purpose:

    Smooth information flow between the sister circles

    Accountabilities:

Scalable Products

Purpose: dG Expertise broadly accessible without direct interaction

  • Tin Can Pricer

    Purpose:

    Sustainable scalable products

    Accountabilities:

    • Scanning the market for comparable products and offers, especially regarding pricing
    • Publishing pricing structure and discount options for scalable products - to be offered to dG clients as well as to other potential buyers - after gathering the perspective of @Pricing Strategy and @Engagement Lead

People Operations Circle

Purpose: Well energized and aligned Partners of the Organization and Members of the Association

  • Absence Interface

    für Hanna

    Purpose:

    Keeping up the relation & connection between temporarily absent dG members and the organization dG

    Accountabilities:

    • Conducting an initial dialogue about expectations and needs of both the member and the organization during absence (before official start of sabbatical, parental leave, short work, etc.)
    • Acting as information touchpoint for relevant updates from the organization to the respective member, e.g. by check-in calls or meetings
    • Sharing updates from the member to the organization and processing tensions or requests
    • Setting up date and time for both a "good bye" & "welcome back" happening (e.g. lunch during HD, dinner at Council Days) and synchronizing with internal hosting roles
    • Coordination a Re-entry Dialogue (with 2-4 relevant roles) about current status and needs of both, the member and the organization upon re-entry to consciously explore purpose- and role-fit

  • Development Compass

    für Anna,, Elisabeth, Steffen

    Purpose:

    A personal development journey for dG members

    Accountabilities:

    • Delivering the on boarding process (based on a guideline by Mentoring Calibration) for new members to self-organize in the dG world quickly
    • Supporting a new member to channel and process tensions on request
    • Organizing monthly Checkpoints with members to reflect on the match of organizational and individual needs
    • Coaching the person in focus (pro-) actively with regards to possible, recommendable, desired personnel development activities including purpose fit, individual challenges, resource steering and learning opportunities
    • Supporting a member to dance the act of balance that is needed to stay healthy and fulfill organizational needs.
    • Providing professional leadership to @Evo Cats around professional consulting work
    • Harvesting feedback from relevant roles to collect organizational view for Checkpoints
    • Providing tasks to member in focus which are of relevance for realizing dG's purpose and supporting the partner's personal development.

  • Holacracy Competencies Buddy

    für Johanna

    Purpose:

    Easy and smooth competence build up for holacracy newbies

    Accountabilities:

    • supporting Holacracy newbies in focus in building up Holacracy knowledge and abilities in a short time
    • scheduling regular sessions to support tensions harvesting, channeling of tensions, crafting of proposals and to answer questions related to Holacracy for Holacracy newbies

  • Party people

    Purpose:

    Moments of celebration and joy as dG tribe

    Accountabilities:

    • Selecting and contracting venue for dG parties
    • Triggering Event Logistics if support needed.
    • Choosing a date, coordinating establishment of guest list and inviting guests in a timely manner.
    • Documenting memorable moments (while censoring others).
    • Updating birthday calendar

  • Purpose Contribution Evaluation

    Purpose:

    Nicht spezifiziert

    Accountabilities:

    • Developing and maintaining a semi-yearly virtual and in person peer review and feedback process to evaluate purpose-contribution of members
    • Processing perceived imbalance of tier assignments or focus-time triggered by the peer evaluation and feedback process for purpose-contribution into Tier Assignment Committee

  • Tribal Connector

    Purpose:

    Well-connected tribe

    Accountabilities:

    • Organizing opportunities for dG tribe to share and exchange from heart to heart (e.g. buddy meet-ups, homegroups etc)
    • Collecting feedback and adapting the process