It was a nice Fall day and the biggest and best turnout to date happened for the AppsJack group last night at Big Fish Grill in Kirkland.
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| Alan Andersen, Andrew Sengul, Berry Zimmerman, Christian Harris, Dominic Wong, Dr. Tom Louwers, Ele Munjeli, Eric Veal, Jean Bishop, Jehan Bharucha, Kifaya Dawud, Mark Mueller-Eberstein, Megan Gaiser, Thomas Mercer, Mike Dodd, Reba Haas, David Slight, Sriram Sabesan, Steve Kubacki, Susan Stringer, Richard Webb |
- Retrospective and feedback
- Success stories and new relationships from the group
- Best parts
- Worst parts
- Things to change
- Competition - what takes you away from it?
- Purpose and identity - who are we and why are we here, what's our name?
- Schedule and frequency, meeting types and formats, size of meetings
- 2018 Topics
- Ongoing relationship to APQC?
- Organizers / board
- Expansion, scope, milestones, organization
- Fees
- Partnerships, sponsorship, affiliations
- Podcast
- Subgroups and committees
- Technology, tools and online presence
- Venues, Seattle
- Plan in detail
- Change name
- Remove cap of # attendees
- Postpone start by one hour
- Change topics from APQC to BDN + Robots + Humans in 2018
- Get owners/hosts/leads for each 2018 meeting
- Look into online tech that would help
- Book reviews
- Pre-reading and recommendations
- More detailed profiles for each member - stickers or badges based on the APQC model
- Patreon platform for contributions
- E2B as sponsor?
- Consider and help each other develop what "product" each of us is creating
- Opportunities to share stories and successes annually - a gala
- Leverage what is unique and beneficial about Seattle over other tech hubs like Silicon Valley - be unique, different and stand out. We are practical and not Hollywood. We are loggers and fishermen.
And here are detailed notes, outcomes and decisions from the meeting. Join us at a gathering soon!
- Retrospective and feedback
- Lots of good feedback here. People were here for:
- "High level thinking"
- Diversity of opinions and perspectives (learning)
- Academic, experienced and educated tone
- Consistent high quality
- Stimulation
- Idea sharing
- Cross-domain thinking and experiences, feedback and ideas
- Random networking
- Stories and experiences are illuminating
- Successes people have had
- Steve and Andrew met through the group and are collaborating
- Christian has met a ton of new people through it
- Thomas met Bruce Follansbee who has opened many doors
- Purpose and identity - who are we and why are we here, what's our name?
- Brainstorm on names, taglines and descriptions
- Descriptions and Taglines
- Thought provoking
- "It's all connected"
- Making Meaning and Money
- Names
- Think tank
- "Talk Tank"
- "Food for Thought"
- Talk, Inc.
- Rethinking business
- Humanist Technology
- Making Business Human
- Saving Business
- Business Humanity²
- Human Tank
- Business Reconnected
- Business & People Reconnected
- H2H: Human to Human
- Unf*ck Business
- Human-Centered Business
- Business Renaissance: Unf*cking Business - This was the most popular (or at least the funniest). We will continue to think about the best name.
- Schedule and frequency, meeting types and formats, size of meetings
- 4th Tuesdays will continue
- 5 PM official start preferred but people welcome to show up earlier
- No limit on number of guests
- "Owners" / organizers for each meeting - sign up sheet
- 2018 Topics and themes
- Ele: "The automation apocalypse"
- AI vs. Automation
- Robot-Human Interface
- Steve offered this three-pronged approach:
- Economics
- Business
- Praxix / Products (concrete)
- Zodiac signs - Andrew Sengul
- The BDN model with David Slight: Drivers, Objectives, Benefits, Changes, Capabilities, Enablers and then switch between the tech/robot perspective and the human perspective.
- Ongoing relationship to APQC?
- Nothing will be overt. Could come up again here and there but it's over for now. RIP APQC!
- Organizers / board
- Not needed. Tap individuals as needed. Build small, focused teams as needed. Keep organic.
- Expansion, scope, milestones, organization
- Happy to keep it as an Eastside only event for now.
- Eric will talk to Michael Dodd and the Product Camp people about expansion of a group in Seattle.
- Fees
- Keep it free / optional.
- Can charge through meetup. Runs the risk of turning people away; traction is preferred to profit.
- Some guests are willing to contribute capital.
- Partnerships, sponsorship, affiliations
- Keep this standalone for now to maximize flexibility.
- Podcast
- Yes, the podcast is good. Keep it tied to the meetup on the same schedule. Add 1:1 podcasting capability through Janis' Machala or Josh Golden's contacts.
- Subgroups and committees
- No need for this right now. Will form as necessary.
- Technology subgroup: Ele, Andrew, Eric
- Technology, tools and online presence
- No agreement here.
- An online discussion forum could be good.
- Will talk with Andrew and Ele to decide on a direction.
- Venues, Seattle
- Big Fish Grill fine for now.
- Reba and Berry may have some functional options if we want to switch it up.
