1. Leveraging distributed
leadership for
Changemaking
The story of
Simone Cicero
Ouishare Connector
@meedabyte
Firenze 14/3/2014
I-GO

2. Changemakers

3. Changemakers

4. Change?

5. Finding new solutions

6. Confrontation &
collaboration

8. Everything started with
one person, one blog, one #hashtag

9. then early followers gathered

10. The first follower is
what transforms a lone
nut into a leader
DEREK SIVERS

11. then more people got involved and met
in real life

12. then we picked a cool name

13. we had (international)
confrontation in real life
Paris, 1st OuiShare Summit

14. human interactions
started to be again part
of the picture

15. …an open, global,
distributed community
of passionate people
working to accelerate
the shift toward a more
collaborative
economy
a shared mission encompassing
our points of view

16. Openness
Transparency
Independence
Impact
MeetPople InRealLife
Action
PermanentBeta
Feedback
Inclusion
Play
a value manifesto?

17. …more confrontation in real life
Rome, 2nd OuiShare Summit

18. Paris, OuiShare Fest, 2nd-4th May ‘13
stewards of a movement

19. OuiShare Fest – Paris, May 2-4 2013
the first major european event about the collaborative economy
2 conference days : 700 attendees, 25 countries
1 open day : 3 500 attendees from Paris
150 speakers, 10 satellite events, various activities

21. Barcelona, 3rd OuiShare Summit
Challenge: building an inclusive, sustainable organization

22. Bruxelles, 4th OuiShare Summit

23. 4 Summits
100+ OuiShare Events
2 Continental Tours
(LATAM/Europe)
1 Global Conference
In more than 25 cities from France, Spain, Italy,
Germany, Belgium, UK, Netherlands, Syria,
Brasil, Argentina, Chile, etc.

24. Since July 2012
240+ articles (FR/EN/ES)
60+ contributors
30.000 unique visitors/month
Almost 10K Facebook fans
Almost 6K Twitter followers
.net
Think tank = unique deep
insights on collaborative
economy

25. 70+ Online FB Groups
• Local groups to activate cities/regions
• Transversal language groups in English
(Global), French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
and German.
• Thematic groups to deep dive on a topic
• Project based groups (video, labs, fest, etc.)
• Organizational groups (connectors, core
team etc.)
Grouping 1500+ contributors
from more than 20 countries mostly in
Europe and LATAM

26. ► community building
► think tank knowledge production
► do thank project incubator
…
► services (structuring)
ouishare today

27. How (the hell)
we did it

28. Stigmergy
Individual autonomy and
freedom to create regardless of
acceptance or rejection by the
group.

29. Hierarchical
group
controlled by
an individual
Consensus
individuals
controlled by
the group

30. Empowerment vs. Control:
just f*****g do it

31. That’s what we learnt
about change

32. Change is about
connecting

33. OuiShare Connectors

34. Change is P2P

35. Change becomes
exponential when you
do that impact

36. Changemaking
is about leveraging
networks and
communities

37. is about Purpose
and
Contributions, not
(only) budgets

38. Inspired by simbyosi.com

39. 5
Pillars

40. Find
your North
Star
Be loyal to a
shared mission
(in permanent beta)
Today’s newbies
are more than
yesterday’s core
members

41. Push for
transparency
and clarity
Full disclosure and
understanding of
processes is key
Clarity enables
participation and
help overcome
exploitation
concerns

42. Seek equity
and
solidarity
Bonds grow in equity
and peer to peer
solidarity
You must create
something more
than a work
relationship

43. Enable
distributed
leadership
A do-first attitude
Top-bottom management
should leave room to
consensus and self directed
actions, independence
& emancipation

44. Build on
Trust and
Reputation
Relations drive initiative
Trust and reputation are key
enablers of a distributed
and collaborative
decision making
process:
leaders emerge
if organizations
run on trust

45. Special Thanks:
- Albert Canigueral
- Benjamin Tincq
- Arthur DeGrave
Thank you!
Simone Cicero @meedabyte