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Partner with Maptio
Partner with Maptio
How we work with pioneering coaches and consultants to support clients building the next generation of participatory organizations
Tom Nixon
Oct 21, 2021
Org development through experimentation
Org development through experimentation
The three-step change process to loop your way to better ways of working and organising.
Tom Nixon
May 26, 2020
Subsidised support for developing purposeful, flat* organisations
Subsidised support for developing purposeful, flat* organisations
Help for smaller organisations anywhere in the world to develop using progressive principles. Subsidised by Maptio. Apply today.
Tom Nixon
Oct 3, 2019
Free coaching worth £2500 for one purpose-driven founder
Free coaching worth £2500 for one purpose-driven founder
Available to a founder working on an inspiring vision for social or environmental change. Apply by 1 Aug 2019.
Tom Nixon
Jul 15, 2019
How to survive a catastrophic business crisis
How to survive a catastrophic business crisis
Use these two powers to hold you steady when everything’s falling apart, and survive whatever’s thrown at you.
Tom Nixon
May 9, 2019
Developing a self-managing organisation when you can’t afford consultants
Developing a self-managing organisation when you can’t afford consultants
Resources for when you’re lacking cash to invest in consultants, but want to challenge traditional management dogma.
Tom Nixon
Mar 21, 2019
We need a design-focussed cofounder for Maptio. Can you help?
We need a design-focussed cofounder for Maptio. Can you help?
Safiyya and I are looking for a third cofounder to join us in developing Maptio. Could this be you, or someone you know?
Tom Nixon
Jan 18, 2019
Build accountability without more management: Try this practice today
Build accountability without more management: Try this practice today
How to use the “upsteam/downstream” practice to tap into natural motivation without the need for formal accountability.
Tom Nixon
Sep 7, 2018
7 models for transforming conflict at work
7 models for transforming conflict at work
…and the inconvenient truth about why it's so damned difficult even with the right model.
Tom Nixon
Aug 21, 2018
Putting humans - not roles - front and centre in modern organisations
Putting humans - not roles - front and centre in modern organisations
Self-managing organisations are a huge leap forward yet they can still be very mechanical. Here's how to keep humans front and centre.
Tom Nixon
Jun 18, 2018
Loving unfairness at work
Loving unfairness at work
Fairness is meaningless and therefore an unhelpful goal. Instead get clear on values, design systems to live them, and embrace unfairness.
Tom Nixon
Jun 17, 2018
Self-management success: 3 tips for ensuring your org map stays up-to-date
Self-management success: 3 tips for ensuring your org map stays up-to-date
How to ensure your org map stays up-to-date and useful and doesn't suffer from a tragedy of the commons.
Tom Nixon
Jun 10, 2018
3 handy canvases to conceptualise organisations
3 handy canvases to conceptualise organisations
These models from NOBL, The Ready and Maptio help you navigate the complexity of developing purposeful organisations.
Tom Nixon
May 1, 2018
Why Maptio lets you call people Bossmen, Minions, or whatever you like
Why Maptio lets you call people Bossmen, Minions, or whatever you like
It’s all about having Minimal Viable Dogma.
Tom Nixon
Apr 3, 2018
A 3-step process for developing purposeful organisations
A 3-step process for developing purposeful organisations
Whether you’re designing a new organisation from scratch or transforming an existing one, these three steps will help you get there.
Tom Nixon
Jan 22, 2018
A canvas for developing purposeful organisations
A canvas for developing purposeful organisations
Introducing the Creative OS Canvas. Bringing together the best thinking in creative collaboration and org design into one handy tool.
Tom Nixon
Jan 11, 2018
How authority works in creative endeavours
How authority works in creative endeavours
Understanding the two types of authority and how they work in support of realising creative ideas.
Tom Nixon
Jan 11, 2018
The power and peril of itch-to-scratch startups
The power and peril of itch-to-scratch startups
Creating a startup to scratch your own itch can be powerful but there are some real dangers too. Here’s how to get it right.
Tom Nixon
Dec 13, 2017
Create organisational clarity using initiative mapping
Create organisational clarity using initiative mapping
How to map and visualise who’s responsible for what, who’s helping who and how an overall vision breaks down into the smaller ideas.
Tom Nixon
Dec 12, 2017
Mastering decision-making without management hierarchy
Mastering decision-making without management hierarchy
Absolutely everything that happens in a workplace involves making decisions. So if you upgrade how you make decisions then everything that…
Tom Nixon
Oct 31, 2017
Maptio explained in six screenshots
Maptio explained in six screenshots
The lightning fast guide to what Maptio is and how it works.
Tom Nixon
Oct 24, 2017
Maptio update: What we’re building and who it’s for
Maptio update: What we’re building and who it’s for
Update 24 Oct 2017: You can also see Maptio explained in six screenshots.
Tom Nixon
Sep 29, 2017
Creating career progression without management hierarchy
Creating career progression without management hierarchy
Without management hierarchy, career progression has to be re-thought. Here are the organisational and personal strategies to do it.
Tom Nixon
Sep 28, 2017
Thinking of letting employees set their own salaries?
Thinking of letting employees set their own salaries?
First ask yourself these three questions
Lisa Gill
Sep 19, 2017
Good Holacracy, Bad Holacracy
Good Holacracy, Bad Holacracy
Is Holacracy a wonderful operating system for building purposeful, human, dynamic organisations? Or is it rigid, dogmatic and overbearing?
Tom Nixon
Aug 31, 2017
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