At 08:58 AM 9/8/97 -0500, Steve Renne wrote:
>Our school distirct has an opportunity to put together a team of leaders
>under the umbrella of a grant to serve language minority students. Rather
>than develop narrow and limiting job descriptions and filling traditional
>staff positions, we have decided to attempt to create a team with the task
>of creating solutions to ensure that all students are learning. We
>envision the team coming from a variety of experiences and skill areas and
>working as a cross-functional team. Our inspiration for this concept is
>NASA Explorer team which was given the task "Get us to Mars" and allowed
>the freedom and creativity to accomplish the task.
>
>I am interested in any organizations' experience with such a process both
>in terms of creating the team and in facilitating the team's processes.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Steve Renne srenne@d300.kane.k12.il.us
Hi Steve,
I'd be happy to have some conversations with you on this subject if you
wish, either by phone or email. I worked for NASA for 29 years, going
through the Apollo years, the lean years, the restructuring years, and
into the Mars Landing preparations. Dan Goldin's efforts to turn the
Agency around and all the pain that goes with that attempt is an
interesting story. I also have a number of experiences from NASA and in
other efforts that may be useful.
I'd like to hear more about your situation. You have a wonderful
opportunity, yet a lot of challenges. We've been doing a lot of work with
large diverse groups with some whole-system processes that include
experiences and gaining competency in generative dialogue.
Best regards,
John Dicus
--"John H. Dicus" <jdicus@ourfuture.com>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>