10.32 Onboarding: First Meeting

Welcome to the Digital-Work Team! This agenda structures our first onboarding meeting. We’ll discuss how we work, set initial goals, and align on expectations.

Overview

1. Welcome & Introductions (5 min)

  • Du ok (Sie)?
  • Overview of the role and tasks (within the overarching goals/team)
  • What do you hope to learn or contribute during your time with us? When would it be a success?

We want your time with us to be a meaningful stepping stone in your journey — a place to grow, contribute to real-world projects, build valuable skills, co-author research papers, and connect with a network of people who care about digital work.

2. Our Team & How We Work (10 min)

🌍 Vision & Mission: 00 Goals

  • Digital technologies transform how work is organized and designed.
  • We strive for impact in research, teaching, and practice, based on openness, rigor, and support.

🧭 Operating Principles: 10.04 SOP

  • Focused work (deep work, blocking time, Pomodoro, etc.) - Discuss what focused work means for us (when/where/how)
  • Collaborative work (co-working, knowledge-sharing, review sessions)
  • GitHub as our single source of truth

3. Expectations & Role (10 min)

🙋 What We Expect From You

  • Independent, structured work (including regular goal setting and feedback)
  • Self-organization through your agenda repository
  • Proactiveness: Asking for help early when needed, active participation and feedback

“You’re encouraged to take ownership, lead your own learning, and critique ideas—including mine.” (I am omniscient/do not dictate decisions)

📣 Quick Overview

Area Expectation
Work Organization Use GitHub repos/issues; structure work in agenda
Communication Send meeting requests using the calendar; async-first mindset; share blockers early
Quality & Learning Aim for reproducibility, take time to learn
Feedback & Ideas Speak up, suggest improvements, disagree respectfully

4. Goal Setting with OKRs (25 min)

  • Open the personal agenda repository
  • Draft 1 semester-level Objective (qualitative goal)
  • Define 2–3 Key Results (measurable outcomes)

Example:

  • Objective: Contribute meaningfully to our open educational resources
    • KR1: Draft one learning module by May
    • KR2: Present feedback on team handbook
    • KR3: Automate one task using Python

Use log to break down KRs into weekly tasks. Open issues for specific tasks.

🔄 Align with Team Projects

  • Connect your work to ongoing team efforts
  • Discuss focus areas (projects in teaching, research, infrastructure, dev…)

5. Next Steps & Support (10 min)

🛠 Setup Check

  • GitHub account & access to:
    • Agenda repo
    • Handbook
    • Work_hub
  • Email setup, calendar subscription, short bio + photo for the website + 02 Teams (Handbook)

🤝 Communication & Check-ins

  • Weekly/Biweekly 1:1s: schedule preferred slot
  • Co-working sessions for informal syncs
  • Issues over direct messages: async first

6. Wrap-Up (5 min)

  • Any open questions or first impressions?
  • Confirm next steps:
    • Finalize OKRs in the next meetings / within the first 2-4 weeks
    • Start first weekly log and issue in your agenda repo
    • Schedule a co-working session this week

Notes



🎉 Welcome again! We’re excited to work and grow together. Let’s build great things 🚀