Wikimedia Movement Strategy

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http://strategy.wikimedia.org/

Design Approach

• The biggest challenge with networks is enrollment
• Build a strong container. Wiki + ground rules. Transparency. Other mediums to contribute. Encouraged forking.
• Start engaging immediately. Don't wait to listen.
• Co-creation, not feedback
• Listen, put a stake in the ground, move forward. Constant forward movement.
• Constantly build trust and relationships. Respond to everything. Relational office hours.
• Always be synthesizing
• Design for emergence. Forking is good.
• Model
• Capacity-building approach. Don't just ask for feedback. Build strategic muscles.
• Leverage attention to seed productive engagement

Lessons Learned

• Challenges of client- and partner-management and importance of self-care and having a strong, cohesive team
• Invest more in storytelling
• Importance of holding the vision. Philippe said over and over again how critical of a role I played in this regard. How do you support others in holding that vision with you?
• Slow down, and invest in capacity-building
• In retrospect, would have spent more time in culture + visioning

See Also

• "Strategic Planning for Networks." March 22, 2011 presentation
• Wikimedia audit of past strategy processes