In a self-managed organization there’s no delegation of work, only collaboration. Instead of saying “You do this” think of how you can inspire and lead with “I want to do this, can somebody help me?”. It might look that it takes more time and effort but this is more natural way of working together, instead for each other.
Everybody can work on what they want, how they want and when they want. We collectively try to realize that nobody is forced to do something against his will. Thus we lower our expectations to a minimum. Freedom is a range from total anarchy to complete dictatorship and we value when people stick to their intentions so we can rely on each other.
Our involvement in initiatives is through having different kinds of roles. Some of them are leading ones, others are following. But most importantly we can create, merge, split or destroy roles based on the context. With our role system we try to describe what is our current state and responsibilities in a more explicit way for better collaboration.
The only way to build long-lasting trust in a community is to be open to each other. When everybody is transparent enough with their intentions, expectations, and work, people tend to be more helpful and look out for each other. This network of trust creates ripples of confidence and faith which leads to a more balanced organization.
When everyone is empowered to do everything in Camplight, the only way not to self-destruct is if we value responsibility of our actions. When in doubt of the impact of your behaviour it’s better to seek advice from people who will feel the effects of your doings. We value ourselves the same as we value others.
We try to see opportunities over obstacles. Camplight is nothing more than the sum of its members. We know that when everybody in Camplight is progressing in any form - not only business but also cognitive, personal and spiritual, then the whole company is progressing. We have support channels for life’s adventures
We aim to practice radical candor. Some of us are very good with non-violent communication and coaching practices, others just want to grow and help others develop. That’s why we try to give ourselves the gift of a constructive feedback. This mitigates some unwanted buildups and we value when people have adult-adult relationships.
We aim to structure everything in Camplight as an initiative. This is our building block for short or long term value discovery and creation. We have small initiatives like a “literature club” and big, encompassing, initiatives like our entire “service” or “product” line business. Creation of the current website is also an initiative.
We make thousands of decisions yearly and we employ different strategies: from advice processes, majority, consensus to our most used consent decision making. Different situations require mindfulness and facilitative expertise to reach specific decision point. We value making all of them participatory.