[Ailist] AI and Outsourced Employees

[Dr. Zeb Waturuocha]

I am in a similar work with my clients.  The slight difference is that  my
client is operating under the BOT contract and its time to implment the "T"
part of the contract.  This is going to displace people, separate people,
disappoint people and dislocate people.  As a result the apprehension is so
strong that even in the present, the team is not willing to move from where
it is in the present. One of the things we did in a two-day interaction to
initiate the AI process was to enable the group in the discovery stage to
get in touch with their ability to Build and Operate with the client till
now.  The issue changed from displacements and disorganisations to one of
"willingness to let go" and this became the core definition of the
organisational issue to be addressed through AI approach.  I am happy the
way we are progressing and the team is willing to let go as they take pride
in having achieved something transferable and working towards getting
similar responsibilities.  Here, we used AI approach to define the core
issue that can be addressed with AI approach also.  Outsourcing is a reality
with the organisation and what is it that the team want to address- prevent
outsourcing - or what?
Zeb

On 4/2/08, Mark Berns <mberns at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Adrienne,
>
> A friend of mine in a similar situation focused her efforts on having
> people
> think about the things they most enjoyed, that they always dreamed of
> doing.
> By focusing on a better future state, and encouraging them to take any
> kind
> of training opportunities the company offered, she helped them build
> toward
> that future. Would your company be offering retraining to people? That
> might
> be a way to help if you could get them focused on building for the next
> thing rather than on the eventuality that their jobs go away.
>
> The focus would be on what they were most passionate about doing. Could be
> anything.
>
> Mark
> ---
> Mark Berns
> Ready About, LLC
> New Directions for Organizations
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>
>
>
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> [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Adrienne
> Keane
> (akeane)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:57 AM
> To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
> Subject: [Ailist] AI and Outsourced Employees
>
> Greetings!
> I am a new AI practitioner and want to begin applying the AI principles to
> the organizational work I do.
> I have a client that is outsourcing their manufacturing department from
> US-based to overseas. All US employees know they will be displaced
> sometime
> in the next year. Moral, quality & productivity have dropped
> significantly.
> Has anyone used AI techniques to help motivate individuals in this
> situation?
> Cheers, Adrienne
>
>
>
>
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