Sharing makes you rich

I wanted to write the “Sharing makes you rich” blog post earlier, … today it finally works:

I received the following e-mail:
Hello Werner, thank you for your information and especially for the open appointment.
I can feel how good such an intercompany exchange is for me, and I was able to take a lot with me.
I was able to take a few things away with me. Best regards Bxxxxxxxx

What was the reason for this? On various occasions, people who are interested in agile ask if they can see how we are agile and some then find their way to the Südwestpark and take a look at our “Visual Center”. That’s what happened to the sender of this e-mail on February 15. He had come to us by bike from Sigmundstrasse.

What does such an exchange look like?

Cosima Laube described her visit to us very well on her blog:
“The visit to Werner Motzet at the IT system house of the Federal Employment Agency was quite spontaneous, I was only there for just under an hour … But I was able to take away a lot of impulses and input. Not just hearing or reading about how dailies and retrospectives or the coordination of several collaborating teams work, for example, but being shown and explained work results directly. Learn about the background. Seeing work objects live on site. Seeing the people involved.”

Why do I like doing this (so much)?

“Sharing makes you rich” is ‘everyday life’ in my life and since ‘sharing more’ also ‘makes you richer’, I can’t have enough of it.

It scares some people:

“Where will it end?”,
“What if the other person only takes and doesn’t share?”,
“You’re giving away what you’ve worked so hard for and what you get in return”.

I don’t feel that way, I experience it:

my “leap of faith” is rewarded,
I learn so much more by sharing that it would be a loss not to share.

My call to share is therefore:

“Just try it out, it’s so enriching …. “.

And, … I did it again today, 10 people from a car manufacturer joined us in the afternoon, so much interest, so many good questions, so much honesty, so much thinking ahead. I’m still enjoying and digesting. Very slowly, the visitors are daring to talk about themselves and ask questions. Lots of good ideas and approaches and I can encourage them! Isn’t that wonderful?

After two hours of standing, we sat down together in a restaurant and continued our discussions. Questions like: “Your business card says catalyst. What does that mean?” And after I explained, “I can contribute to the change without being consumed”, the next question was: “Aha, you get a lot of garbage!” I had to laugh and explain: “It depends on how you look at it: From my point of view, something good comes out.”

I can only recommend it to you: Try it out! Share with other departments and companies! You will see: It’s so enriching! And if you don’t believe it, then come to Nuremberg…

When will I do this (again)?

Since I also work (from time to time), visits take place on average once a week (or less often). In the next three weeks, there will be four visits and some of the visitors will come from far away.

Here you can find “Sharing makes you rich” part 2.

Sharing makes you rich – And much more