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by Irina Sokolova © 2005
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Reflections of a DesignShop |
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June of 2005, members of the MG Taylor ValueWeb came
together, in Liechtenstein, to study the Method and
to explore the ramifications of what a ValueWeb is.
It was four days of hard work, fun-filled moments
and many breakthroughs. This was the fourth time,
in our history, that we employed the DesignShop to
design aspects of what I call the “Big E” -
that
ENTERPRISE architecture which is greater
than any part within it, including MG Taylor. |
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is a difficult thing to do a DesignShop on yourself
as the process can tend to get too introspective
and self-reverential. Two things helped with this
event. First, we had a number of people who where
totally new to
the
process
and
had never experienced a DesignShop or 7 Domains.
These were supplemented with several other participants,
while familiar with the method, had never worked
directly with MG Taylor before. This provided diversity
among
the
participants and overcame the risk of too much familiarity
among the facilitation/K:Worker support team and
participants. Secondly, we focused on the Method,
GroupGenius and
on the concept of the ValueWeb concept not
on any of the existing organizations associated with
it.
The event
was sponsored by Architects of Group Genius, TomorrowMakers
and MG Taylor. It was designed mostly by Gail Taylor
and a team of knowledgeWorkers, some of whom subsequently
supported the DesignShop, some who participated in
it and Todd Johnston
who did not come to the event as he was on his honeymoon.
This diversity on the design side also helped defeat
the
folding-back-upon-oneself
risk. |
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the Taylor Method, all
Designshops involve some education and all Workshops
involve some apply-it-to-your-work aspect. In this
four day event the split was 50-50. And, while the
design was focused on the the ValueWeb, the Sponsor
team was not looking for any out come in the specific.
In fact, the Sponsors were more than willing for
no out come at all to emerge. This was a truly open
ended process. As it turned out, there was a result.
A good one, if a fragile one. The next step in the
ValueWeb is not an easy one. It will be a quantum
leap. the participants struggled with these complexities
and designed a path that makes all kinds of sense
given all the circumstances. From my perspective,
they
landed right in the sweet spot between too concrete
and too abstract, between too ambitious and too causal,
between too forced and too laid back. The result
as I see it, was not focused on the MG Taylor Valueweb,
itself, so much as the making of a ValueWeb among
the diverse group. The Fit with the MGT ValueWeb
is a future design task. They both will be intertwined.
Just how this works will emerge, organically. There
was a 5th day to the event. After the four day event,
the AoGG Team spent a day
with
themselves before disbursing to prepare for two upcoming
events. Several participants of the DesignShop were
part of the Bad Ragaz event that followed the next
week. |
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what this new ValueWeb will become is a story to
be told as it matures and emerges. It is not my story
to tell. My comments, below, are about what I personally
experienced and got out of the Liechtenstein
Designshop and how it fits into this moment in the
development of the Taylor System and Method and with
MG Taylor as an enterprise. |
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Matt
Taylor
Liechtenstein
June 25, 2005
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SolutionBox
voice of this document:
VISION • STRATEGY • EVALUATE
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posted:
June 25, 2005
revised:
July 2, 2005
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(note:
this document is about 5% finished)
Copyright© Matt
Taylor 2005
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