\u201cPersonally I\u2019m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught\u201d. Winston Churchill<\/p>\n
A. Purpose Statement:
\n“Organizational Kaleidoscope” (OK (is a method for obtaining deep multi-disciplinary and integrative understanding of complex situations, in a short time. Being question focused, OK creates a non-threatening and generative exploratory space that promotes the emergence of new vision and new ideas.<\/p>\n
B. List of outcomes (benefits):
\n\u2022 With OK, we can learn rapidly, explore the complex, find a new path or see into future designs.
\n\u2022 Gain better understanding of a specific topic\/issue in a short time.
\n\u2022 Learn several disciplines\/schools of thought effortlessly in a short time.
\n\u2022 Hold complexity long enough for a fuller picture to emerges.
\n\u2022 Foster trust and collectively lay ground for transformational conversations (Glaser, J. 2013) by experiencing a new paradigm of relationships between people in an exploratory journey.
\n\u2022 OK as an ongoing practice has the potential to develop a new level of consciousness-of-the-whole that emerges from the interplay of distinct parts.<\/p>\n
C. When to use:
\n\u2022 When there is a need for clarity and new understanding in complex situations for a system or a person.
\n\u2022 When the use of many theories\/schools of thought needs to be put to practice for fuller understanding.
\n\u2022 When we what to cultivate trust and build foundations of “we”.<\/p>\n
D. When not to use:
\n\u2022 When there is no complex and burning issue.
\n\u2022 When there is not enough knowledge in the room to embody and reflect the essential nature of the chosen lenses.<\/p>\n
E. Number of participants: OK is scale free and can be used in large and small groups. (Used in 5-250)<\/p>\n
F. Type of Participants:
\n\u2022 Protagonists : 1-3 volunteer to share a story;
\n\u2022 Expert lenses: 3-5 reflecting disciplines
\n\u2022 Facilitator: 1
\n\u2022 Audience: any number, engage as listeners and emerging lenses
\n\u2022 Documenter: 1<\/p>\n
G. Typical Duration: session of 1.5 hours for 1-3 cases.<\/p>\n
H. Brief example with results: A high-tech manager whose company was bought by a larger firm volunteered his story. Through expert lenses of agility, strategy, movement and audience-emergent lenses of corporate thinking, inner needs etc., questions were generated for 20 minutes. His response: \u201cI am learning a lot\u201d and then: “I feel loved and held by all of you and I am very grateful for that\u201d. 50 people in the room who 20 minutes earlier were total strangers, became an intimate community. In the reflection someone said: ‘the magic is in the questions. Questions bring us together, answers pull us apart<\/p>\n
I. Historical Context:
\nThe OK emerged out of real need to enable deep learning within a very large group during a three day conference. This was a national yearly gathering of educational-psychology services managers in Israel.<\/p>\n
J. Creator: Tova Averbuch<\/p>\n
K. Creation Date: February 2007<\/p>\n
L. Roots \/ Foundations :
\nOpen System Theory (Katz and Khan, 1966); Complexity and Emergence (Stacy 2001, Holman 2010) and Judith Glaser’s “conversational intelligence” (2013)<\/p>\n
M. A pictorial representation of the process:<\/p>\n
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