Transcript Alexandria 2008

Dealing with diversity
within project work,
in networks and institutions
Some exemples and games...
Neus Lorenzo
[email protected]
Key concepts
•Teamwork: sharing tasks for a common plan
•Network: connecting roles and profiles for
solving problems
•Teamnet: group-netting different teams to
empower resources
A practical exercise….
Chose one of these cards: don’t say it
aloud!!!.
Just look at it and try to fix it in your
mind...
A practical exercise...
Think of your card for 10 second
without saying it to anybody...
A practical exercise….
How
have
I your
doneletter!!!
it?
Now I will
hide
1.Pay attention to the process here:
- Whom you have talked to?
-How have you found the answer?
Am I right??
You have started an informal “emergent” network
to get information from the group, creating teams:
•Autopoyesis is a process whereby a system (live organisms or social institutions)
produces its own organisation and constitutes itself in a space.
Teamwork and networking strategies become natural and useful
when a group is focused on solving the same problem,
trying to find out new ideas, thinking aloud and processing verbally.
Can institutions learn?
Learning communities
vs
community learning
The term autopoiesis was originally conceived as an
attempt to characterize the nature of living systems.
Autopoiesis is a process whereby a system produces its
own organization and maintains and constitutes itself in a
space.
Let’s solve some easy enigmas...
Work in groups of 3:
-Listen to the story
-Debate possible answers
-Share with the whole group
Story I : Conflicts at Vision level
Cardiff: Investigating language
attitudes: Social meanings of dialect,
ethnicity and performance. (1994)
Error at sharing aims
-Mistake at identifying common needs, mismatching aims
Solution:
-Teams should find shared fields for common visions
Story II : Conflicts at planning
Barcelona, Forum 2004
Error at design levels
-Mistake at planning: aesthetic priorities instead of praxis
Solution:
-Teams should include diverse profiles and final users at all steps
Story III : Conflicts at communicating
How many times can you sustract 3 from 25 ?
Only once!!
25-3= 22
Literal answers in an exam
Message or communication error
-Mistake at expressing or understanding (code, language, culture...)
Solution:
-Teams should include feedback techniques and double checking
Story IV : Conflict when using tools
Procedural error
-Mistake at changing tools, mismatching previous knowledge
Solution:
-Teams should include training for using new tools and resources
Summary
•Human beings relates to context and interacts with
other humans by using individual and collective
strategies, (emergent interaction).
•Interaction in teams develop key skills and diversified
roles (emergent especialization)
•Especialization and specific functions creates roles,
teams and nets, genarating leadership, collaboration
and delegation needs.
Strategies for good practices
Network requires...
• To know the aim of the orghanisation, its network structure
and evolution.
• To have specific and defined aims
• To share commitments and follow collective rules
• To learn about the context and the territory
• To use emotional strategies and easy relationship
• To delegate in colleagues when necessary
• To count on a good opperational (technical) team
• To share information and evidence with users
• To alternate functions and tasks when needed.
Dealing with diversity
within project work,
in networks and institutions
Neus Lorenzo
[email protected]