This seems to work well in meetings and at the organizational level. I like the simple weeding process. I was at a sweatshop retreat a few weeks ago that ran a two day exercise along these lines. It seemed very effective. How would it work in a conference call, online, using a whiteboard ?
Communicate Your Vision & Ignite Collaborative Change — Hollyhock Leadership Institute
How organizations develop excites me, because how people communicate and grow community excites me. I think the changing of the world is an issue of communication, and if we are communicating clearly, then changing the world is the least of what we can accomplish. And! I don't think it's hard, this communication of which I speak.For instance, using a collective communication model, here's an effective way to develop visions:
- Tell everyone who is invited to a meeting, to reflect in advance on what their vision is. Ask prompting questions: What would success look like for your group? What impact could you have in your community?
- Once folks are all in the room, have them take 20 minutes or more to write out their vision, free write, get it all out there.
- Then ask each person to go through and highlight the core points of their vision that they want to bring to the group. Put all of those up in a common space -- a flipchart, chalkboard, something you can all see. As much as possible, look for places of shared group concepts and ideals.
- Now folks get a chance to knock anything off the vision that isn't shared. That doesn't mean it's no good, it's just important to make a distinction between a personal vision and what the group wants to do.
- Finally, review what you have left. This is a starting point for your shared vision, and can inform conversations to follow.
Once you get on point with the vision, there is an order to things.
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