Week 7 (20-26 feb 2023)

Group Work

This week, we focus on mapping a workplace that we are interested. We choose Barbican Centre London. This unique venue presents diverse art, music, theatre, dance, film, and creative learning events. Our group think this place is a big self-learning place and related to our education topic.

My interview

I interview Chalipa Dulyakorn (Namo), founder of Inskru Page – a space for teaching and sharing. The Social Enterprise in Education. There are 3 questions that I ask her. (For more information about Inskru, click!)

Describes your work scenario?

• She creates a website for the teachers, and they can add blogs, information, techniques for teaching, and talking with other teachers in Thailand.
• She is the founder, so she Manages the organization, makes the team work smoothly. Focus on working with impact, making the team happy and sustainable.
• Talking to the team about their problems, what they should do next, how to improve their work, and giving feedback.
• Working hours are 10 am – 7 pm, but it’s can be flexible.

How do you feel about the relationship aspect of your work? Such as talking to your boss, collaborating with a team, and communicating with others while working? 

• She has a good team that makes her feel calm and relaxed.
• At first, finding someone with the skills she wants is hard. So, it makes her feel stressed.
• There will be a problem if someone doesn’t talk to her about the problem or give feedback about work. It will make her feel uncomfortable.
• It’s always hard to communicate with people outside the company; they don’t know anything about education and want a high goal. So, she works hard to make them understand what she and the company can do.

If you idealize your workplace in the future, what would that look like? 

• She wants to have a transparent educational ecosystem. There is a clear budget from the state.
• She wants a workspace where people working in education or social enterprise are in the same place to exchange and meet face to face.
• She wants to work from anywhere and meet each other depending on each team, but one week will definitely meet one day.
• She wants on Friday everyone to come to do anything that is not the work you must do. You can travel, play, study, or talk about anything. Or you can stop working.
• The dream team is that each person is the initiator and can have a ‘Why’ in him/herself. It’s active learning because we give people a lot of freedom. They must have an owner in themselves because she doesn’t follow up on the work.

Creative Day that Inskru has…

• Demo Day – Each team has something to show off. And what failed? Please share and tell.
• Have one special day per month, do not work, and let one employee take the whole team to travel or do activities that he/she likes as he/she arranges to build relationships with each other. Get to know each other’s identity more.