Design feature – Key events in 100-Day Challenges


Design feature

Key Events in 100-Day Challenges

The key events on the 100-Day Challenge journey will be the framework for organising the learning programme for Ambassadors and a guide for leaders and teams.  Before and after the 100 days, discussions and workshops are held to design and plan the challenge and afterwards  to sustain and scale.  Reveal the purpose of each workshop and see how it played out in the  Eritirea video.

Hover over the blocks to reveal the purpose of each landmark.

In the Design, the convener and leadership stakeholders shape the “challenge” for the team and create a “safe space” for them to experiment and learn. The first key event is the Design Workshop.
The 100-Day team Lift-off Workshop starts the 100-Day implementation phase, where teams set their 100-Day goals and develop their 100-Day plans, including innovations they will test. Day 1 is usually the day after the workshop.
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In the 100 days of Exploration, the team make progress on their goal through rapid experimentation, intense collaboration, and disciplined Implementation. Ambassadors support the team and guide mentors to create an enabling environment.
The Refuelling workshop, in the middle of the 100-Days, is a space to reflect on what has happened in the first 50 days and to adjust plans for the following 50 days.
The Landing Workshop at the end of the 100-Day Challenge is a time to celebrate, reflect, firm up plans to embed gains and make recommendations to leaders to sustain and scale.
Re-launch Workshop is the opportunity for the leaders to decide on commitments to sustaining the gains and the next steps for adjacent or scale-up 100-Day Challenges.
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Thought starter reflection questions

Jot down thoughts on these questions – to the extent they are relevant to your experience at the session:
  • When did the mood in the event shift from “why are we here?” to “this could be interesting – I am excited to be part of this.” What triggered this shift? 
  • When did you have to go “off script” on the agenda or to change the agenda? What triggered this? What did you adjust? How did it go?
  • What was most surprising to you at the event?
  • What new insights did you gain about the issue at hand, and about the way leaders in the system interacted with each other?
  • Where did the conversation get stuck? What got it unstuck?
  • How would you characterise the level of trust among participants in the meeting? To what extent did this shift as the meeting progressed? To what do you attribute this shift, if indeed it happened?

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Reflection Questions 

Jot down thoughts on these questions – to the extent they are relevant to your experience at the session:

  • When did the mood in the event shift from “why are we here?” to “this could be interesting – I am excited to be part of this.” What triggered this shift? 
  • When did you have to go “off script” on the agenda or to change the agenda? What triggered this? What did you adjust? How did it go?
  • What was most surprising to you at the event?
  • What new insights did you gain about the issue at hand, and about the way leaders in the system interacted with each other?
  • Where did the conversation get stuck? What got it unstuck?
These are 100-Day Challenge Mentors. 

They did some work before you received the Challenge Note. This included:

  • Writing the Challenge Note, and making sure that the leaders of all the organisations represented on the team are comfortable with it – and committed to supporting the work of the team
  • Helping the leaders of these organisation recruit you and your colleagues to the team
  • Gathering some baseline data and other information that will help you and your teammates set your 100-Day goal and develop your plan.
  • Making sure all the preparations are made for a successful Lift-Off workshop, when you and your teammates will meet and get your 100-Day Challenge started. This includes venue, facilitation support, food, swags, comms, travel arrangements and whatever else is needed.

 

Mentors will participate in all or part of the Lift-Off Workshop, mostly at the start to provide context and answer questions, and at the end to give you and your teammates feedback about the goal and plan you develop.

During the 100 days following the Lift-Off Workshop, here’s what the Mentors will do:  

  • They will check in every two weeks with the team leaders to see how the team is doing and what support they and the team need.
  • They will keep other organisational leaders informed and engaged during the 100 days, and pull them in to help as needed.
  • They will participate in the last part of the Refuelling Workshop, halfway through the 100 days, to see what additional support the team needs, and to begin to plan with the team for sustainability and scale-up.
  • They will work with the team at the Sustainability Workshop to finalise recommendations on sustaining the results and building on the work of the team.