Dragon Dreaming
Month: July 2022
Methods for self-organized collaborative teams at eye level
Interest in ways to foster self-organized participatory organizations and teams has led to increased response and demand for “Dragon Dreaming” in recent years. No wonder, as this methodological approach has a lot to offer where people want to make a difference in the world together with as few hierarchies as possible and as much community as possible.
I also value the work with “Dragon Dreaming” as a method and mindset in my consulting work of promoting Living Organization.
Now there is the long overdue practical book. The “Dragon Dreaming Playbook” by Ilona Koglin and Julia Kommerell shows in great graphics and concise compilation how the playful yet efficient methods work. With numerous step-by-step instructions, best practices and helpful tools and trenchant summaries, the book explains how teams can playfully and successfully implement projects in four phases.
I would like to thank Ilona Koglin very much for her request, as one of thirty practitioners from all over the world, to contribute a small methodological impulse from my practice to this great book, and – of all things – to write a journalling for the chapter “Celebrating”. The request could not have been more appropriate. Those who know me know that in Dragon Dreaming I particularly value the approach of understanding the fourth phase of reflection as “celebration” and using appropriate interventions and rituals to promote feedback culture, learning and identification in teams. Reflection must and may be fun if it is to find a place in the tightly scheduled daily work routine, in good times as well as in difficult ones.
I am happy to offer my methodological expertise. In the book you can also learn more about how organizations can foster collective intelligence, co-creative leadership skills, emancipation and equality, creativity, intuition and the playful joy of shared responsibility with Dragon Dreaming, and shape new, resilient and collaborative ways of working – whether as an agile company or start-up, educational institution, civic initiative, social movement, association, cooperative or cultural institution.