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World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change. 29 May 2012 Montreal, Canada. Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. Image: Nancy Margulies. Innovation & discovery in collaborative conversations. Understand complexity
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World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change 29 May 2012Montreal, Canada Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Image: Nancy Margulies
Innovation & discoveryin collaborative conversations • Understand complexity • Explore the views of all stake-holders • Test ideas and assumptions together • Create new knowledge collectively • Generate innovative solutions Originators of The World Café: Juanita Brown PhD & David Isaacs
What it looks like Images: cc theworldcafe; Rae Paladin, TSB
A change of pace • Informal, relaxed • Frame-breaking • Highly interactive • All-inclusive • Connects Images: Rae Paladin, TSB
Goals for this World Café • Working session of the ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change • Ensure active involvement of all participants • Facilitate exchanges and networking • Consolidate a community of interest • Connect global minds • Create the foundations for the “future we want”
Business Saudi Aramco • World’s largest producer and exporter of crude oil. • Over 50,000 employees, 100,000 contractors. • A first World Café in 2003 on strategic planning for their Engineering and Operations Department • Over 700 participants Image: cc theworldcafe
Government & civil society Basque Agency for Innovation • Bilbao 2008, A World Café on introducing innovation as a core value in the local communities. • 770 participants representing many stakeholders: regional government, academia, R&D, business, health, social services, arts. Image: cc theworldcafe
Academia Fielding Graduate University • Strategic insights for academic program development • Designing curriculum • World Café as a research system Image: cc theworldcafe
International Organizations ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau 7 April 2011, Geneva A World Café on innovation challenges and how to be the best SDO secretariat for the ITU-T membership Image: Rae Paladin, TSB
World Café @ ITU Green Standards Week 9 September 2011, Rome, Italy A World Café as last and conclusive session of the Workshop on Submarine Cables for Ocean/Climate Monitoring and Disaster Warning: Science, Engineering, Business and Law Result: Joint Task Force ITU, UNESCO/IOC and WMO
World Café @ ICT Innovations 19 March 2012, Geneva A World Café as working session for the ITU Workshop on "ICT Innovations“ To determine the key topics to be studied by the newly created Focus Group on Bridging the Gap: From Innovation to Standards and its working methods. Image: Kevin Quinto, TSB
and many more…… • Academia • University of California • MIT Organizational Learning • University of Texas • University of Michigan • Businesses • Nokia • Telia • Ericsson • Intel • Shell Petroleum • Coca Cola • Walt Disney • Chevron • Hewlett-Packard • Agilent • Government and civil society • Scandinavian Sustainability Forum • European Union • Ministry of Information Singapore • Ministry of Education United Arab Emirates
How it works • Three conversation rounds, each triggered by a question • At each round • Explore questions together • Reflect & summarize • At the end of the round, change table and meet new people Image: Nancy Margulies
Innovative Thinking Image: Rae Paladin, TSB
Collaborative Talking Image: Rae Paladin, TSB
Connect different perspectives Image: Nancy Marguiles
Harvest and share outcome Image: Rae Paladin, TSB