[uber][epic] LI v3 Strategy & Implementation

[rufuspollock]

3rd major revision of Life Itself strategy along with implementation thereof.

Key Documents

• Life Itself V3 A10
• Life Itself V3 SCQH

Acceptance

• A10 completed 🚧2022-11-20 A10 - 50% done
• Strategy complete
• Offers finalized
• Implementation

Tasks

Strategy

• SCQH including issue tree
  • SCQH itself for v3 🚧2022-11-20 90% - just need to tidy and make sure hoisted SCQH for v3
  • Build an issue tree 🚧 Issue Tree under construction https://coggle.it/diagram/Y3IJZ_nDY3PfaFPG/t/life-itself-v3-strategy-revision-what-is-level-so-that
  • Move issue tree to spreadsheet and prioritize etc
  • Start answering
• Hypothesis and key answers ✅2023-01-04 School of Life onto-flavored and a focus in 2023 on conscious coliving and communities
  • High level strategy revision if any. Revisit, finalise & complete [epic] Updated and consolidated Core SCQH / logic of existence / theory of change including summary "why Life Itself" - Sep 2021 #36
    • Consolidate SCQHs and map hierarchically
  • Determine key audience, needs and offers of Life Itself "v3"? 🚧2022-11-10 overview in progress: https://app.excalidraw.com/s/9u8crB2ZmUo/3zBZWBXlUFv see also Job Stories 2022
  • Brand revision [epic] Life Itself Branding and Style Major Revision 2022 #162
  • Create Roadmap
    • Where are we going?
    • What are the interim checkpoints?
    • What are the timelines?
    • What are the needs, and processes to fulfil them?
    • Who is accountable for what?

Implementation

• New and improved website [epic] Life Itself new integrated website 2022  #170 LifeItself.org migration and update 2022 - [A10] README
  • Platform: new platform ✅ We have moved to Flowershow
  • Content migration ✅ 28-12-2022 tracked by Migrate content from current lifeitself.org (wordpress) to new setup (Nov 2022) #184
    • Tao ✅ merged into /tao and refactored where appropriate Integrate tao into main site at lifeitself.org/tao (migrate from tao.lifeitself.org) #182
    • Sutras ✅ merged into /sutras
  • Content refactor Refactor lifeitself.org content for better structure etc #223
• Brand Implementation Brand Update 2022 - P2203 - [A10] README
• Wiser 2022 - P2201 - [A10] README
  • Wiser Newsletter - P2218 - [A10] README
  • Wiser Portal TODO

Inbox

• Check out [epic] Strategy Revision 2021 and Transition Plan #118 and work out if it merges with this (and relation with [epic] Updated and consolidated Core SCQH / logic of existence / theory of change including summary "why Life Itself" - Sep 2021 #36)~~ ✅ Merged [epic] Strategy Revision 2021 and Transition Plan #118 here and [epic] Updated and consolidated Core SCQH / logic of existence / theory of change including summary "why Life Itself" - Sep 2021 #36 is linked to a task above
• Consolidate the various strategy docs floating around
  • list them 🚧2022-11-20 most are in v3 strategy folder e.g. Big Strategy - Revised mid 2022 (extracted from work in Wiser A10 originally), v3 Strategy SCQH etc
  • connect pre-existing high level SCQH revision epic: [epic] Updated and consolidated Core SCQH / logic of existence / theory of change including summary "why Life Itself" - Sep 2021 #36 ✅ added above

Big Plan Sketches as of Summer/Autumn 2022

graph TD

brand[Brand Strategy]
offers[Offers]
content[Content Migration]
design[Brand Design]

brand --> offers
brand --> design

platform[Platform to NextJS]
structure[Site structure]


platform --> content
structure --> content
wiser[Wiser aka new/refined Offers]

offers --> structure
offers --> wiser



classDef done fill:#21bf73,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;
classDef nearlydone fill:lightgreen,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;
classDef inprogress fill:orange,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;
classDef next fill:lightblue,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;

class brand,platform,content done;
class design nearlydone;
class structure,offers inprogress;
class wiser,refactor next;

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graph TD

subgraph Key
  done[Done]
  nearlydone[Nearly Done]
  inprogress[In Progress]
  next[Next Up]
end

classDef done fill:#21bf73,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;
classDef nearlydone fill:lightgreen,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;
classDef inprogress fill:orange,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;
classDef next fill:lightblue,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px;

class done done;
class nearlydone nearlydone;
class inprogress inprogress;
class next next;

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graph LR

posts
commcalls["Community Calls (Experts)"]
incubator[Incubator]
masterclass[Masterclass]
summit[Summit]

posts --> course6d[6 day course]
course6d --> commcalls
course6d --> incubator
course6d --> masterclass
masterclass --> incubator
commcalls --> masterclass

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3 streams

• Conscious coliving communities (incubator for coliving)
• Sangha / Community (shambhala warriors)
• Lighthouse: books, podcasts, etc

[rufuspollock]

Posted up strategy diagram: https://lifeitself.org/notes/strategy-macro-to-micro-2023

Following the share on last weeks all team i've posted up this strategy diagram (with a few tweaks).

[nathenf]

@rufuspollock perhaps a task for you to clarify the status of this issue and determine what belongs here and what belong in #814. @laurenwigmore and I could do this, but often you have a different way to laying out and planning so to avoid extra work perhaps it's better you do this.