Invite volunteers, stop appointingCategory: Starting the Journey
The traditional way to make change happen is to appoint a team that will think things through, get approval and then implement it.
Organizations that make the leap to next-stage practices rely on invitation instead of appointment. There are obvious reasons to switch to invitation, but also a few pitfalls I will discuss. Spoiler alert: invite the volunteers who show up to use the advice process, which takes care of most of the pitfalls. |
One more thing...
I forgot to address one obvious "yes, but" in the video. Yes, but if you don't appoint people, but simply see who happens to show up... what happens if people in the volunteers who show up lack some of the key skills or expertise that the group needs? What if person X really needs to be on the team, but isn't?
Well, it's good to start with the premise that the volunteers who show up are not stupid. They will look around the room, see the skills they have and assess the skills or expertise they are lacking. And then they will reach out to these people saying "for this project, we need your input/help". If they use the advice process, as I suggest, then reaching out to people with expertise is a must, anyway.
If that "yes, but" showed up for you, it's interesting to reflect on it. How come you instinctively trust yourself to think of reaching out to the "right" people, but you don't trust the group of volunteers to do the same?
I forgot to address one obvious "yes, but" in the video. Yes, but if you don't appoint people, but simply see who happens to show up... what happens if people in the volunteers who show up lack some of the key skills or expertise that the group needs? What if person X really needs to be on the team, but isn't?
Well, it's good to start with the premise that the volunteers who show up are not stupid. They will look around the room, see the skills they have and assess the skills or expertise they are lacking. And then they will reach out to these people saying "for this project, we need your input/help". If they use the advice process, as I suggest, then reaching out to people with expertise is a must, anyway.
If that "yes, but" showed up for you, it's interesting to reflect on it. How come you instinctively trust yourself to think of reaching out to the "right" people, but you don't trust the group of volunteers to do the same?
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