This is AIME's first ever released organisational JOY report, revolutionising impact reporting by representing how we score across the 7 key levers that make healthy organisations and get joy on the balance sheet.
The video below shows these 7 levers (and AIME's current average scores) interwoven with the digital animation of an ironwood lawstick, carved by Tyson Yunkaporta, to communicate the thinking-feeling Indigenous knowledge and Lore behind a system for research, analysis, design and management developed by the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University.
It was created as an alternative to the skewed relations of neo-liberal 'partnership' models of co-management, co-design, and coauthorship that cause so many Indigenous programs to fail. It is Kriolised with a K replacing the C in these words to foster Kollaboration informed by bio-cultural landscapes of complexity and good relation, strong embassy.
Summary mapped to Data Field on Message Stick.
Pink Level 4
Pink Level 4
Pink Level 4
Orange Level 3
Pink Level 4
Blue Level 2
Purple Level 5
Does nature have a seat on the board?
Have been considering for 18+ months how to do this and consulting with various groups but haven't got the legal framework in place yet
Has the organisation's bioregional health been measured? One way to do this is establishing a realm with GoE.
No but in consideration during design with Guardians of Earth
What percentage of your offices have created a realm with Guardians of Earth?
In planning phases, hasn't been activated yet but will be in 2025
Have you ever measured the imagination intelligence of your organisation?
We are considering how to do it but haven't rolled it out to allstaff yet. Have considered a survey and built into Default Settings
How many peace prize awards are given out internally and externally?
Staff awards that celebrate peace
% of artists working in HR
3/3 artists in HR
# songs released
Up till 2023
Have you established your own nature fund?
In development but not launched yet
# theatre shows created
IMAGI-NATION launch, Sunrise, Story @Humankind, June Big Story tour 2022, October Big Story tour 2023
% of artists engaged in impact design
6/6 (JMB, Steph, Leia, Sam, PJ, Ben)
What percentage of employees working from home have activated realms?
In planning phases, hasn't been activated yet but will be in 2025
% of time given to employees to have imaginative space for emergence of knowledge?
On average 3 months per year equivalent for knowledge + painting time + nature weeks
How often do you experience joy in the workplace?
Not developed yet, asked from a small staff sample to gauge
Is there organisation-wide engagement and visibility with logic fallacies and kolab processes?
Visibility through default settings but could receive a higher profile across the org
% of artists on the board
4/7 artists on the board
Is Death a part of your strategy design?
Yes - one of our key investment areas
Is Death a part of your impact design?
Yes - woven throughout all of our impact reporting
Has the organisation created a realm with Guardians of the Earth?
In planning phases, hasn't been activated yet but will be in 2025
# artworks created
Number of artworks currently in Signal staff IMAGI-NATION Gallery chat
What % of time do your employees spend laughing in the workplace?
Not developed yet, asked from a small staff sample to gauge
Does the organisation have an intentional death date?
AIME's intentional death strategy: aimementoring.com/intentional-death
Is there an IP exchange with a non human species?
Yes - through the Professor KBTs (Knowledge Based Tokens) but haven't been fully activated yet
# dances created
Dances for Humankind, Sunrise, June Big Story 2022, October Big Story 2023
What % of your strategy consulting budget goes to Indigenous Knowledge Systems labs?
Through JMB & AIME's involvement with Indigenous knowledge systems labs
% of geographical footprint engaged in embassy with schools
20 / 23 staff locations are directly engaged with schools
# magicians involved in impact design
6 amateur magicians in training involved in impact design (JMB, Steph, PJ, Sam, Leia, Ben)
# bands formed
Band for October Big Story tour 2023
Has the organisation established a relationship with a non human species?
With the Professor puppets who are our knowledge custodians
How many minutes per year are you investing as an organization for your employees to spend in nature?
60 min x 7 hours per day x 5 days per week x 4 weeks per year (8,400 minutes per staff member) x average of 30 staff
What % of your impact consulting budget goes to Indigenous Knowledge Systems labs?
Through JMB & AIME's involvement with Indigenous knowledge systems labs
What is the total % of projects that have been designed with intentional death as a process?
Almost all of them are anchored in death as a key design principle
# of feature films made
7 Down + IMAGINE Film (in development)
What is the cumulative return on investment for society from kindness minutes?
Based on KPMG's 2018 economic valuation of AIME
How often are species other than humans being brought into design meetings?
Other species and imaginary species are currently brought into meetings through the Professors and calling in the intelligence of nature but sometimes (especially on Zoom screens when working remotely) we forget - building up to this one with the (re) opening of IMAGI-NATION University and the Professors research areas
How many times do your employees smile at work per week?
Not developed yet, asked from a small staff sample to gauge
# magicians involved in strategy development
Full leadership team of 15 in training as amateur magicians
How many imagination classrooms have been established (on average) per office location?
Some locations have many imagination classrooms and some 0-1, but on average we have established about 30 classrooms
Has JOY Corp reporting been embedded at a Board level?
This is the first iteration - has been raised with the Board but not fully launched yet
# magicians employed
2 magicians employed (Ale & JMB) and rest of leadership team in training
Do employees feel that the organisation can build peaceful relationships with any human being and any species?
Across staff in 10+ countries and Professor puppets
# art exhibitions
Virtual gallery show + October 2023 tour
How many Co-CEOs do you have?
This year AIME has 6 Co-CEOs
Is there a formal commitment to passing on organisation intellectual property and tools, at least in part to nature?
Yes all our IP will go back to nature for all projects on our intentional death. One such mechanism is KBTs
% of artists engaged in strategy design
All AIME team are artists
How many puppets and puppeteers are employed at your organisation?
20 puppets exist across our 32 staff members
Have you established a Co-CEO model for someone under the age of 40 from a marginalised background?
We developed the Co-CEO model
What % of offices are hosting rooftop peace concerts?
AIME hasn't started yet, although we do many other events for peace - including being involved in the upcoming 4allEK event on 2 November
Has a Very Important Kind Person program been established?
Yes and has been run in collaboration with a number of AIME's festival partners such as Listen Out, Human Kind, Pentatonix and Beyond the Valley
Has your organisation committed to hosting a rooftop concert for peace on International Peace Day?
AIME hasn't started yet, although we do many other events for peace - including being involved in the upcoming 4allEK event on 2 November
What is the total number of kindness minutes from the organisations employees on the register?
We know they're happening but we haven't put the mechanism in place to measure yet
% of artists in leadership positions
All AIME team are artists
What % of your staff are engaged in embassy with schools?
25 / 32 staff members are directly engaged with schools
Do you feel safe offering a new idea into the organisation?
Not developed yet, asked from a small staff sample to gauge