3x100 Quarterly - Radical Honesty
Upgrading democratic action for the long emergency
Looking back at another 100 days of shared trial and error, you are invited to reflect your personal development and gather signals across our network by looking outward, inward and forward into the next crucial 100 days:
This Friday, June 30th 2023 // 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. CEST
10x100 is a co-creative endeavour and we are continuously testing and developing ways to encourage personal feedback, collective sense making and pattern recognition for informed decision-making and the coordination of transformational interventions.
During the 3x100 Quarterly, Caroline Paulick-Thiel and Indy Johar will give a short input about how 10x100 has evolved during the Creative Bureaucracy Festival and the “Designing Planetarity” retreat of the Horizon 2045 project - organised by the Center for Complexity in collaboration with 10x100.
We will hear from people that apply 10x100 and give you a short overview of the practical developments and our next commitments. Together with peers you are invited to be radically honest about your intentions and prioritise how to engage with the polycrisis during your next 100 days.
Together, we will move forward with turning 10x100 into a learning-centred mission management framework to drive large-scale transformations — from personal commitment to systemic consequence.
Time and timing matters. Let’s focus together.
It is encouraging to see how the 10x100 network is evolving, and how the framework is being adapted to different contexts, redesigned, and iterated for specific needs. PLAN B, a civic initiative who is working towards a more social, beautiful and carbon-neutral Berlin by 2030, uses 10x100 to accountably self-organise. The local green deal team of city of Mannheim in Germany applies 10x100 to align stakeholders for a systemic transformation of the regional food system.
Additionally, the Network of Warmth has been coordinating efforts to support people in crisis situations and ensure a steady food supply. Other seed communities include the headmasters of 15 schools, the Moos network and collective housing project, Project Together, and ourselves Politics for Tomorrow and Dark Matter Labs.
Learnings from the 2x100 Quarterly
Quarterlies are occasions to meet each other and share about our own professional challenges and progress in engaging with the polycrisis. It is also an opportunity to learn about the 10x100 framework, aligning needs and coordinating strategies.
During the 2x100 Quarterly, we tested a self-reflection prototype aimed at fostering reflections about feelings and perceptions related to our work missions. Here below is the gathered reflection from the participants.
Areas of common challenges:
Administrative and bureaucratic issues.
Need for funding or a mandate.
Lack of support and resources.
Lack of structure and organisation in meetings.
Difficulty aligning work with new ways of working.
Burnout and the need to recharge.
Balancing personal and professional responsibilities.
Areas of common progress:
Making progress towards missions.
Taking steps towards securing funding.
Identifying potential collaborators and stakeholders.
Actively seeking resources and solutions.
Recognising the importance of documentation.
Areas of common motivation:
Desire to align work with community needs.
Determination and willingness to problem-solve.
Optimism and motivation despite challenges.
Focus on personal growth and introspection.
Seeking feedback from others.
Acknowledging the need for patience and adaptation.
Based on participants' inputs and feedback, we drafted individual visual summaries of their self reflection – in relation to their peers (see example below). Which collective sense-making techniques do you know that create a safe space conducive to collaborations? Please share your experience or inspiring examples via 10x100 slack.
Written by Caroline Paulick-Thiel, Jennifer Jiang, and Malia Thuret-Benoist with contributions from Jose Diaz Mendoza.