Soulful business by Susan Basterfield - "global self-organizing movement learnings from New Zealand"

8:30-9:30 A fast morning dive into self-organization for busy people

the world moves faster than our organization? How to distribute power in existing large organizations and why? Can elephants finally learn to dance? For whom? This part is targeted for anyone interested in transforming established organizations into self-organization.

9:30-10:00 Breakfast and Networking

10:00-11:30 Rethink Start-upping, case Enspiral Ventures

Something is missing in the new ways of building startups. How to build new businesses with self-organization principles and practices? Enspiral is at the forefront of the global self organising movement, exploring how cooperatives of entrepreneurs can support each other without being beholden to traditional investment and equity based funding.

For whom? This part is targeted for anyone interested in a new way of starting new businesses, eg. entrepreneurs, investors, business angels, startup members, startup ecosystem activists.

11:30-12:30 Self-organized (and self-paid) networking lunch in the neighborhood

12:30-14:30 Building thriving self-organizing communities, case Teal New Zealand + global Teal movement

How to foster thriving communities with teal. For whom? This part is targeted for community builders, facilitators, collaboration and teal enthusiasts and also those wishing to grab these skills in order to grow their companies.

15:00-> Teal suomi activist networking and chilling together

About Susan

Susan Basterfield’s purpose is to end suffering in the workplace. She is a member of Enspiral - a collective of entrepreneurs, changemakers and activists who help people worldwide work on stuff that matters.

Since 2010 Enspiral has been experimenting and prototyping; living proof that individuals can choose to band together and break free from an economic system which funnels talents into organisations and bureaucracies, rather than purpose, meaning and service.

Enspiral is at the forefront of the global self organising movement, exploring how cooperatives of entrepreneurs can support each other without being beholden to traditional investment and equity based funding.

Susan serves the Enspiral Foundation as a Director and Catalyst. Her lived experience enhances her international work with organisations intent on actualising the workplace of the future. Proof that 25 years working in multi-nationals is a reversible condition, she is the co-author of Reinventing Startups, the soon to be released Reinventing Scale-Ups and convenor of the Practical Self-Management Intensive.

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Thanks to:

Organizing: Teal Suomi community

Expertise and experiences: Enspiral

Venue: Zeeland Family Oyj

Facilitation: Prominda Revolution Oy