Max/Mix was: Experience with geeks in OST forums

[Averbuch]

Hello Sharon,

    Thank you very much for your detailed answer!
     I am really appreciative of the time and effort you took for
"repairing" my ignorance.
 We use something quite similar that I call "a steering comity" for large
group OS events. This is a group of people who want to take part and
responsibility on planning the event and carring it through. We try that
they will be as varied as possible and by that create a microcosms that will
teach us something about the whole.

Thanks again

Tova
Israel
averbuch at post.tau.ac.il




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From: Bruce Craig <bcraig at PDESIGNS.COM>
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Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Max/Mix was: Experience with geeks in OST forums


> Tova:
>
> Max/mix is term for a cross sectional group that is mixed to the max :)
>
> To set one up we ask for reps from all levels, genders, depts, etc to get
a true
> cross representation of the group.  Often our clients think planning teams
> should just be senior folk - we particularly like to do a max/mix if the
theme
> isn't clear - we get a chance to see what are the key issues on people's
minds.
>
> In this case the leadership team was unsure whether a whole system event
was a
> good idea since they thought that the front line people (mostly technical)
would
> not have a "business perspective" on the organization's issues.  We did a
> planning session with the senior team to identify the key issues that
needed to
> be addressed (over 3 days off site) and then did a half day max/mix
session with
> 18 reps from the front line.  We then did a combined session with both the
> leadership team and the max/mix and started by posting the flipcharts from
both
> sessions on the wall.
>
> The result was interesting - the leadership group learned that the front
line
> did indeed understand the key challenges facing the business.  The front
line
> learned that the leadership was really open to having their involvement in
the
> change process.  The leadership team was much more supportive of a whole
system
> event after this session because it dispelled their feat that all the
staff
> would do would be to complain about the management.  The final whole
system
> event was planned by a joint management/staff team.
>
> I believe Future Search and Real Time Strategic Change use max/mix
sessions as
> part of the planning for their events.
>
> Got to go - more presents to wrap!  Happy Holidays to all.
>
> Sharon
>
> Tova wrote:
>
> > Dear Sharon and all,
> >
> >     Sharon, I have a question: you wrote:
> >             ,< As a side note we did a max/mix prior to the session to
work
> > on the theme and the technical group got to the heart of the
> >             business issues facing the organization in 3 hours - it took
the
> > management team 3 days to get to the same point.   >
> > could you please explain what :"max/min" mean in this context"
>
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