Masterclass
Building
A
Self Managing Organization
Your Business Should Be Improving Your Quality of Life…Not Reducing it…
It’s untenable: the 24/7 overwhelm. The un-self-care. The tyranny of the tactical. You know it’s killing you. It’s literally choking you…choking the business. But it’s incredibly hard to know exactly how to get out of the weeds.
Abstract theories, oversimplified guru solutions, fragmented videos and blogposts aren’t cutting it.
There hasn’t been a place for you to have the dots connected for your small business self. You don’t have access to practical examples, actual case studies of businesses of your size building their way out of the weeds. There hasn’t been a place to have direct conversations with those who successfully built self-managing organizations.
Until now…
The Masterclass
This Masterclass delivers a complete framework for transforming, running, and scaling a self-managing organization. Become an expert in making your presence unnecessary and working ON, not IN the business in 8 intensive weeks through 8 real-life case studies with 25 CEO classmates.
This Masterclass is the result of in-depth research into trailblazing organizations and how they scaled and continue to scale effectively and efficiently.
Included is everything you need to design, run, and scale a self-managing organization. This isn’t about theories or philosophies. It’s about practical examples, in-depth case studies, and direct conversations with the pioneers who built and continue to build self-managing organizations.
You Will
Learn from heavy-weight pioneers who've led and continue to lead scalable transformations.
Master the structures and what it takes to run and scale a self-managing organization.
Get Liberated. get out of the weeds and focus ON the business, not IN the business.
Upgrade your organization OS to level 2.0, Abandon the dysfunctional 1.0 level that no longer serves you.
Equip your team to not need you. To lead even better than you. without micromanagement from you.
Be connected to peers n experts with the same ambitions and challenges.
What’s in The Masterclass
This 8-week Masterclass contains the key things we’ve learned from researching 50+ self-managing organizations. The key lessons are condensed into 1 powerful framework, over 25 rich video modules , 16 live sessions, 5 powerful assignments and 1 core mission: To Liberate You to Lead.
Week 0
Connections Week
This week is all about introductions. Getting to know your classmates, your facilitator(s), the founders of the Oxygen Framework, the trailblazers and scaled organizations researched, the tools we’ll be using.
week 1
self-managing orgs
Week 1 is your gateway into understanding self-managing organizations. There’s no silver bullet or one-size-fits-solution. There are several successful variations of self-managing organizations and there are stages from version 1 to version 5 of scale. This week, we will explore these scaled organizations, understand what self-management looks and feels like from scale 1.0 to scale 5.0. You will engage directly with leaders who have successfully transformed their businesses.
In this first week, we introduce the practical framework (we call the Oxygen Framework) which contains the key components that underpin every self-managing (oxygenated) organization:
- The Foundation-The Core DNA, the Value map.
- The Framework-The structures, systems and processes necessary.
- The Fuel-The essentials that fuel the firm.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Meet the Self-Managing Organizations
Get firsthand insights from leaders of self-managing organizations. Through an Interactive panel and ask me anything discussion with Q&A.
Session 2: Introduction to the Oxygen Framework
Understand the foundational elements of the Oxygen Framework. This is a presentation and interactive discussion. We will give an overview the Oxygen Framework and its significance. Plus go through a detailed explanation of the three core components: The Foundation, The Framework, and The Fuel , alongside real-life examples and case studies to illustrate each component.
Week 2
The Core DNA
In week 2, we delve into your organizational DNA, specifically the animating purpose that drives every action. This is about understanding why your organization exists, for whom it exists, and the core principles and values that guide its operations. We will explore how to define and integrate your DNA into the very fabric of your organization- from macro to micro.
Case Study
This Week’s Case Study: We explore a successful example of a small business driven by its animating purpose. We examine how they have clearly defined their DNA and integrated it into their operations. From Purpose to Processes.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Deep Discussion with Pioneering Organization
Gain firsthand insights from key members of the pioneering organization about their Core DNA and how it actually shows up in their operations and decision making. Learn how they did it, the mistakes that made them almost quit and the reason why they had to make this change.
Session 2: Defining and Integrating Your Core DNA
This is an interactive workshop-style format. Together and individually, we will get to work on your organization. You will define and integrate your own animating purpose into your daily operations. You will learn how to quiz each task and process in service of the core DNA.
Week 3
The Value Map
The value map: How do you create value. Mapping out, step by step, exactly how your organization currently creates value. This practical and powerful visualization exercise requires the involvement of your whole team to ensure comprehensive and effective outcomes.
Case Study
This Week’s Case Study: We examine a small business that has successfully mapped out their value engine. We will explore how they mapped their value creation process, eliminated unnecessary or duplicative processes, and optimized the essentials.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Q&A with Leaders of the casestudy organization Gain insights from key members of the case study organization about their value map and its impact. Learn about their journey, challenges, and the practical steps they took to visualize and optimize their value creation process.
Session 2: Building Your Value Map This is a practical, hands-on workshop where you will create your own value map using simple sticky notes. We will guide you step by step to visualize each component of your value creation process. You’ll learn how to align this map with your strategic goals and optimize it for efficiency. You’ll then take this to your team, refine it, and build it out for real.
Week 4
Core-munication
“Core-munication,” the critical process of translating your Core DNA into actual, usable value within the organization. As the founder, you cannot be the sole source of value for the firm. You cannot be the only one ensuring value, quality, and consistency. Core-munication is about democratizing what matters most. This week is about ensuring that your animating purpose, principles, and values permeate every aspect of your business—from people and processes to tasks, culture, and decision-making.
Case Study
This Week’s Case Study: We explore how this highly successful small but rapidly growing company, effectively core-municating across all levels of the organization and into every process, task and decision to be made.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Q&A with Casestudy company leadership Gain insights from key members of the casestudy company about how they successfully implemented Core-munication. Learn about their journey, challenges, and the practical steps they took to ensure their Core DNA is lived and breathed by every team member.
Session 2: Practical Core-munication Workshop This is an interactive, hands-on workshop where you will learn and practice strategies for embedding your Core DNA into your organization. We will cover practical techniques and tools to translate you, your values, your expectations, into every team member, tool and tactic. You’ll be amazed at how clarity of the core creates multiple effective decision makers even better than you.
Week 5
robust structures
Focus on the organizational structures that support self-management and scalability. This includes understanding the frameworks and hierarchies that enable efficient decision-making and accountability. Beyond traditional structures, we explore progressive structures with examples such as Agile organizations, flat organizations, holocracy and the Rendanheyi model to understand their unique features and benefits.
Case Study
This Week’s Case Study: We explore 3 progressive organizations and organization structures: Haiers Rendanheyi model, Spotify’s squads model, Buurtzorgs self-managing teams. We will explore why and how they implemented these organization structures, the challenges they faced, and the impact on their operations and growth.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Q&A with Lead researchers. Gain insights from those who researched these firms in depth about their organizational structures and the impact on their scalability. Learn about their journey, challenges, and the practical steps they took to implement these innovative structures.
Session 2: Designing Your Organizational Structures A mini masterclass on organizational design where you will learn to design and implement effective structures within your organization. We will cover best practices, common pitfalls, and practical steps to create a structure that supports scalability.
Week 6
Optimal Systems
Delve into the operational systems that create scalability efficiently. Systems are the processes, workflows, and procedures that streamline operations and support the structures you have in place. This week focuses on identifying, designing, and optimizing these systems to enhance performance and growth. Depending on your organizational structure of choice, we explore examples of systems effective in supporting your structure.
Together we will. Designing Operational Systems
- Through value mapping and workflow design.
- Selective Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Build optimization and feedback loops for continuous refinement
Case Study
This Week’s Case Study: We examine a small going to medium company that optimized its operational systems for better performance and growth. We will explore how they mapped their processes, created SOPs, and continuously improved their workflows.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Q&A with case study company leadership Gain insights from key members of the case study company about their approach to designing and optimizing operational systems. Learn about their journey, challenges, and the practical steps they took to enhance their operational efficiency.
Session 2: Creating and Optimizing Your Operational Systems An interactive workshop where you will learn to create and optimize systems within your organization. We will cover process mapping, SOP creation, and continuous improvement techniques.
Week 7
Talent Human-chine
“Don’t hire to fill a role. Hire to buy back your time.” Dan Martell. Team up with people and with AI. We will explore framework for implementing AI as an employee. Rather than perceiving AI as a mere tool, envision it as a remote team member—an additional employee capable of exponentially freeing up time and headspace.
Case Study
This Week’s Case Study: We explore, a company that has successfully integrated human and AI talents. We examine how they recruited top human talent, implemented cutting-edge AI tools, and optimized their combined workforce to drive innovation and growth.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Q&A with Leaders from the case study Gain insights from key members of Tech Innovators Inc. about their approach to leveraging both human and AI talents. Learn about their journey, challenges, and the practical steps they took to create a high-performing, integrated workforce.
Session 2: Talent Integration Workshop An interactive workshop where you will learn to integrate both human and AI talents within your organization. We will cover best practices, common pitfalls, and practical steps to optimize your talent pool.
Week 8
Transformation Strategies
Explore several transformation strategies. From step-by-step approaches used by large corporates to the more radical strategies applied by small and medium-sized businesses. Exploring several approaches, you’ll get a good grasp of the details, pros and cons of each, and the do’s & don’ts.
Case studies
We learn from the leaders of organizations, how they’ve successfully reinvented parts of their organizations to become more progressive. In more detail, we dive into the approach used by K2K. A Spanish company has transformed 50+ small and medium-sized organizations through a radical, but highly successful, approach to change.
Live sessions
- In this week’s Q&A, you talk to members of those organizations to discuss all the intricate details of their transformation approach.
- The final reflection session focuses on the transformation of your organization. Turning the lessons into an actionable approach to change.
Say goodbye to the untenable tedium of the 7-day work week and welcome the liberating power of leading a self-managing organization.
Where Does The Masterclass Take Place?
The Masterclass takes place online. There are two live sessions per week. All other learning content can be accessed in your own time.
We interact in a private virtual room. It’s the place to access the learning material, communicate with fellow students, and work on assignments.
For the live sessions, we use Zoom. Once you’ve enrolled, you’ll receive everything you need to get properly onboarded.
How much time should you invest?
The more you invest, the more you get out of it. Besides the two live sessions of 2 hours each per week, most spend roughly 4 hours going through the material and working on the assignments. Therefore, we recommend to schedule around 8 hours in total per week to get the most out of it.
What's the Class Size?
To ensure maximum attention to each and every one of you, we have a maximum of 25 CEO’s enrolled per cohort.
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Office Hours
Daily – 9:30 am to 6:30 pm
Sunday – 08:00 am to 11:30 am
Holidays – 08:00 am to 3:00 pm
