Director
This page describes the responsibilities of a member of the core team.
Core team alignment
Always make sure that any progress, divergence from your current goals, or change of focus is shared and confirmed by the core team. You can achieve this through a 1:1 meeting with every core member, by sharing it on Discord or set up a call with everyone in the team if you need a workshop.
You can use Lettucemeet to agree on a time.
General progress updates
As a core team member, you are responsible for the oversight and documentation of the workstream of your expertise. Regular progress updates should be posted in the respective Discord channel to keep everyone in the loop of your learnings and progress.
You can use this Typeform to share the details with everyone without going to Discord.
Projects and business units
Any time you can see a cluster of work that falls under your area of responsibility, it can be a part of your business unit. In order to communicate to everyone that you will be working on it, please use this Typeform to instantiate a recurring project and this Typeform for a one-off discrete project. It will create a document and post all relevant details to Discord.
1:1 Meetings
Text messages are easy to misunderstand, especially since it removes a layer of communication about emotional wellbeing. Once a text-based conversation exceeds 5-7 messages, jump on a 1:1 call in order to achieve one of the following goals:
Gather ideas from others
Understand how to (re-)prioritize your current tasks
Delegate work
Workshops
You can also achieve the same goals within a group (3+ individuals) in the same amount of time. The best way to do it is to apply a workshop format anytime you notice that a conversation is drifting away from the initial goal. Here are a few simple principles:
Always capture important-sounding thoughts on sticky notes on a whiteboard.
Are people contributing with ideas but don't converge on a single outcome?
Ask everyone to write down all their ideas over the course of five minutes. Then vote to prioritize.
Are there too many topics to discuss?
Make sure the group of attendees includes relevant members and run an ideation workshop.
Are there people who would like to contribute?
Review decisions from the workshop and ask who wants to take responsibility for the available tasks.
Recruit Contributors to the core team
If you find someone with a unique skill set and who is proactive about their work, you can propose to recruit them to the core team. The requirements are:
They have a unique skill set that is of value to the product
They have proven to take full responsibility and complete a project in the past
They are aware of the values of the core team
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