Tribes

One way to learn and share knowledge at Digia is our Tribe community. A Tribe is a group of people who share interest in the same subject. Tribal culture dates back to the book Tribal leadership, which describes organizational culture through tribes. The book claims that tribes are the strongest force of organizations that together can shape the entire corporate culture.

In practice, the tribes are groups founded by the Digians which meet at intervals of their choice around a specific theme. All Tribes are open to all Digians, regardless the cost center or organization box. Tribe leaders take care of facilitating and developing meetings and discussions in their own group. The Tribe community at Digia has been ongoing since 2017.

There is a common framework for the Tribes, but each one can create its own policies and cultures. Each Tribe communicates internally about its activities by writing on Digia's blog and also maintains a list of members. The primary task of the Tribe is to develop the competence of its members, and it also makes its recommendation on the technology agendas of its area at the company level. Technologies are presented in our Tech Radar. 

There are no other demands. The tribe can define its own meeting cycles, meeting places and agendas. Hours that we use with the Tribe community are working hours, this is one of our ways of supporting learning and development. We are proud of how many topics have formed around the it! Below you can see a list of our currently active Tribes.