Planning, preparing, positioning
What tools can you use to help you put together a good process on behalf a group?
Three that I use are: the practical result, the rational aim and the experiential aim. Each is pretty much what it says. The first is more about outputs, the other two are more about outcomes. Let’s look at them in turn.
The practical result has to do with the product: the plan, the vision, the decision, whatever. Generally it is pretty concrete.
The rational aim has to do with the analysis, the ‘head work’. What is the change in the group’s thinking that comes about through the event process?
The experiential aim has to do with the mood of the group. Do they need to wrestle with something, get excited about the topic, or perhaps be reflective and thoughtful?
Using these tools helps me to design an effective process. They also enable me to get a feel of the group & its social dynamics and to prepare myself for the event.
December 21st, 2005 at 1:49 pm
David
I think that I would add learning by doing on the experiential side.
This is always good in a general sense, especially so where the exercise involves an on-going process. To make this work, you need to build in the culture and process elements up front.
Regards
Jim Belshaw