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World Café @Innovation. 19 March 2012. Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Head, Administration & HR Services. Innovation & discovery in collaborative conversations. Understand complexity Explore the views of all stake-holders Test ideas and assumptions together
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World Café @Innovation 19 March 2012 Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Head, Administration & HR Services
Innovation & discoveryin collaborative conversations • Understand complexity • Explore the views of all stake-holders • Test ideas and assumptions together • Build new knowledge collectively • Generate innovative solutions Originators of The World Café: Juanita Brown PhD & David Isaacs
A change of pace • Informal, relaxed • Frame-breaking • Highly interactive • All-inclusive • Connects
Goals for this World Café • Working session of the Workshop on ICT Innovations • Ensure active involvement of all participants • Facilitate networking, connection and exchanges • Consolidate a community of interests • Create the foundations for future work
Businesses Saudi Aramco • World’s largest producer and exporter of crude oil. • Over 50,000 employees, 100,000 contractors. • A first World Café in 2003 for Engineering and Operations Department,for strategic planning • Over 700 participants
Government & civil society Basque Agency for Innovation • Bilbao 2008, A World Café on renewal and innovation in local communities. • 770 participants representing many stakeholders: education, health, business, R&D, regional government, social services, arts.
Academia Fielding Graduate University • Strategic insights for academic program development • Designing curriculum • World Café as a research system
International Organizations ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau A World Café on innovation challenges and how to be the best SDO secretariat for the ITU-T membership
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: Call for Action
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 • Four 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
Connect different perspectives Image: Nancy Marguiles