UNBLOCKED & UNCHAINED dives deep into Blockchain through explorations into Decentralization, Trust, Value, and Identity.
These themes are unpacked over 4 weekly lab sessions that help you check how ready you are to adopt the transformations Blockchain applications will require of you, your team, and your organization.
Designed for change makers and corporate innovators ready to challenge the status quo from the inside out.
We will explore what Blockchain is, is not, and what it could be through co-learning, co-creating, and collaborating as decentralized teams journeying into the future of work.
Our mission is to encourage multi-sector networking & dialogue, generate meaningful new use cases, and establish a proactive foundation for creative and critical thinking about Blockchain at the enterprise level in Turkey and beyond.
This program is created for leaders and company executives ready to kick-start their Blockchain journey and/or extend their skills to lead the next stages of digital transformation.
Labs will be held in at Life Works Labs | Kanyon.
“The question is not if Blockchain will deliver, but when, and what role do you play in making sure its promise is realized?”
“Organizational Debt is the ‘interest’ companies pay when their structure and policies stay fixed and/or accumulate as the world changes”
Blockchain has been slow to take off at the enterprise level because of technical debt, the heavy legacy systems that have evolved incrementally over time. This is quickly compounding to massive organizational debt that is sabotaging progress at all levels of the enterprise.
Financially, this cost is not sustainable. From a human perspective, it is often hidden in productivity loss, disengagement, and dis-ease. Technologically, the limits of digital transformation are also nearby and soon we will be in the great unknown.
With Industry 4.0, the climate apocalypse, wild political drift, and V.U.C.A. as the new normal way of living, all of our life operating systems are out of sync and need to be recalibrated. As a foundational technology, Blockchain offers a unique framework not only to see the big picture, but to upgrade our personal and organizational operating systems around it.
Unblocked & Unchained gives you the perspective, tools, and environment to move out of the box and take a deeper look into how Blockchain can help shape your future.
HOw Are you keeping up?
The latest estimates tell us that the technological progress made over the past 100 years will be compressed into the next decade.
The only way for us to compete with this exponential tech onslaught is to become more human. We have to grow towards exponential humanity. This means learning faster to keep up with change, but also unlearning our patterns and re-designing our relationships with each other and the technologies around us. To do so, we have to bring our real selves back into the equation, and build from there.
Humans are still the highest technology on this planet. It is our consciousness, connectivity, and creativity that makes us unique. So, if we are expecting answers and solutions to come from the outside, from technology or from somewhere else, then we are looking in the wrong place.
Unblocked & Unchained explores the 5 key technological pillars of Blockchain through a personal and team quest into Decentralization, Trust, Value, and Identity.
The 4 day lab series connects 24 hours of interactive co-learning, co-creation, and collaboration in an impact driven community of practice that is multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary.
Labs are facilitated by leading local and international experts, practitioners, academics, authors, founders, and collaborators.
Get more information on our lab leaders here.
Our lab partners and collaborators
Find your A Team: Teamily Team Constellation for autonomous Teams.
Preview | Getting a Taste for the Future of Work
Do you know your superpower and where you fit into an autonomous project team? What is the future of agile?
Our cohorts will be facilitated as autonomous teams, giving you a clear picture of how decentralization and self-management can work in practice.
This will help give you a deep sense for what Blockchain and the Future of Work are at the fundamental levels through embodied learning and practice - AND - get you out of your comfort zone to tackle challenges collaboratively and deeply connect to your project and your team. Find out more here.
We asked, you answered: Blockchain Survey Results
Blockchain means something different to everyone. If you have tried to explain Blockchain to your parents, you know how hard it can be to make a clear case. Our survey average of 5.6 shows that most people are just about to get over that barrier.
And, if you are struggling to fully understand how Blockchain can be integrated into your business story, you are not alone. Only 14% of respondents are actively involved in pursuing Blockchain projects, consistent with the global average of 15%. Yet, this number will rise as more prioritization is given to Blockchain innovation (currently 5.6 / 10 in importance, rising to 6.9 in the mid term).
The most important existing needs for Blockchain amongst enterprises are in Smart Contracts (72%), and payment systems (60%), dynamic record keeping (55%), and digital identity (44%). In terms of established use cases, enterprises are most focused on payment systems (53%), digital records (51%), digital identity (45%) supply chain (42%), and last but not least cryptocurrency (38%). Significantly more interest exists among additional use cases such as secure authentication (66%), democratization of security (61%), effective authentication and transfer (59%), permanent record keeping (57%) and enhanced transparency (49%).
Most respondents believe that Blockchain will most benefit enterprises in terms of fundamentally changing operations and processes (67%), accelerating work flow (61%), and cost cutting (51%), with far fewer expecting that Blockchain will increase ROI (22%).
These findings show that enterprises in Turkey are less intrigued about cryptocurrencies and far more focused on the underlying potential of Blockchain to impact business processes. The big question is, 'what is next?' and 'what more can Blockchain do that we currently cannot imagine?'
These questions also lead to the ultimate question of 'what kind of world do we want to live in?' As a foundational technology, Blockchain can help move us towards our ultimate goal - creating a sustainable future for all. This will not happen automatically, but rather by taking active steps to manifest it.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a highly useful way for us to frame our intentions for the future. Here, the message is clear. In Turkey, quality education is the #1 target that means much to us all (56%), followed by decent work and economic growth (52%), good health and wellbeing (43%) reduced inequalities (38%) and industry, innovation, and infrastructure (35%). These are all areas that we can influence through our mindset, our talent, our work, and how we connect with one another in our regular interactions. For the full survey results click here.
