Dealing with diversity within project work,

in networks and institutions

Some exemples and games...

Neus Lorenzo

nlorenzo@xtec.net

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….

Now I will hide your letter!!!

Am I right??

How have I done it?1.Pay attention to the process here:

- Whom you have talked to?-How have you found the answer?

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

Error at sharing aims-Mistake at identifying common needs, mismatching aimsSolution:-Teams should find shared fields for common visions

Cardiff: Investigating language attitudes: Social meanings of dialect, ethnicity and performance. (1994)

Story II : Conflicts at planning

Error at design levels-Mistake at planning: aesthetic priorities instead of praxisSolution:-Teams should include diverse profiles and final users at all steps

Barcelona, Forum 2004

Story III : Conflicts at communicating

Message or communication error-Mistake at expressing or understanding (code, language, culture...)Solution:-Teams should include feedback techniques and double checking

How many times can you sustract 3 from 25 ?

Literal answers in an exam

Only once!!

25-3= 22

Story IV : Conflict when using tools

Procedural error-Mistake at changing tools, mismatching previous knowledgeSolution:-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

nlorenzo@xtec.net