Collaborate
EA Switzerland’s team is formed by the collaboration between the team’s individuals. As we believe that the team will be more productive and can have more impact together, we highly value collaboration.
- Assume good intent. We all have the same goal.
- Help each other; seek feedback often and early. Usually this can speed up processes and increase the work’s quality.
- Be reliable. In order to work well together, we need to trust that what we will follow through on what we promised.
- Bond. If you know each other personally, trust is enhanced and you understand each other better.
Examples of behavior:
- Sharing ‘shitty first drafts’ and providing each other feedback on those. We often can deliver higher quality and be more productive when we share our first shitty thoughts and support each other developing these.
- Sharing personal information that is not directly related to work, during appropriate moments.
Engage
EA Switzerland tries to push the borders of what is currently known about doing the most good, and often experiments with best practices. Improving the world and development only happens with active engagement.
- Be proactive. Many things don’t happen if you don’t initiate it first.
- Be curious. Often a new insight or question only emerges when you approach something with curiosity. This applies to each other’s minds and to the world in general.
- Be diligent. We are trying to solve real problems in the world. Our effort can make a big difference. Approach your work with effort and care (while being mindful of personal well being).
Examples of behavior:
- Initiating a new procedure or organizing a new event if you notice something could be improved or is missing.
- Asking questions if you don’t understand something and trying to do this from a mindset of ‘wondering about’ (scout mindset)
- Finishing something urgent even beyond normal working hours, and then find time later the week to make up for it.
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