Welcome to the ON Community — home to 1,500+ startup and scaleup people with operations in their titles.
Who are we?
What started with three operations communities (COO Stories, Ops Stories and COOhort) is now under one roof of Operations Nation.
We learn from each other by discussing challenges and sharing stories, experiences, and advice. Most importantly, we help each other be more effective and grow in our roles.
The ON Community is your space to share experience and advice, ask/answer questions, grow professionally and expand your network online and offline.
Where are we?
The world is our oyster! 🌍 Most of our members are in the UK, however, we reach as far as the USA, Canada, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Kenya, South Africa, Lithuania, the UAE, New Zealand, Australia… adding up to almost 30 countries with over 100 cities!
How can you get involved?
- We ask you to get involved only if you’re keen to take part in the community actively by participating in online forums or attending community roundtables. If you’d like to take a more passive seat at the table, feel free to follow Operations Nation by subscribing to our newsletter and joining our public events.
- If you’re an operations person, fill out this form to get started. You can also drop us a line at community@operationsnation.com.
How does it work?
- We communicate over Slack (mainly) or Google Groups (in sub-communities).
- Our backbone is the roundtables that are facilitated by our members.
- We organise informal socials and encourage 1-2-1s to ensure that everyone gets to know each other and promote open conversations.
- This year, we’re launching local Community Chapters - and we’re really excited to strengthen our online connections in-person.
What do we expect from our members?
- Live by the ON Community values.
- Connect with people. Set up a 1-2-1 to discuss common challenges.
- Respect each other. Everyone is at a different stage of their ops career, but no question is more or less valuable. Sharing knowledge and paying it forward is how we can make ops shine in all companies, not just our own.
- Attend the occasional social. Getting to know the other members will allow you to get more out of the community on a personal and professional level.
- Value that you’re part of a group of like-minded people.
- Don’t forget to give back.
- Don’t indulge in self-promotion.
Would you like to find out more?
- Our community values and guidelines
- How to join the community
- Our past community events
- Our amazing community members who help us make this space even better
- Our project for local community chapters
- Other operations communities around the globe
Finally, if you have any questions, you can always reach us at community@operationsnation.com.
