[Ailist] Re: Diversity of Thinking, and other articles

[Leif Josefsson]

It is now almost 10 years ago now that I worked with IBM.  In "Customer
Room", an internal project aimed at Global Account Teams I was one of the
facilitators of a two day workshop. We worked with a "Team,Task, Technology"
methodology working with the whole team during two days where the team
worked with their mission and goals, looked into who they were and then do
training in using the Lotus Notes application CustomerRoom helping they to
collaborate as "One IBM"

One of the elements of the CustomerRoom program was the MBTI test, used to
illuminate and appreciate differences in type.

A highlight was in the Peugeot/Citroen team in Paris where the Client
Executive suddenly understood why he his recruitement to o his team was so
succesful..  He was an IST.. type and had recruited a couple of ENT.. in
important positions.  "Now I now why we are so good.  It's because we are
different!"

But what I really wanted to share here are some images from the workshop
with the IBM Account team working with the South African State IT
organisation.  This was in May 2000, and a most memorable experience.  The
team talked 7 different languages (portugese, german, africaans, english,
zulu + two other native languages) - and were "proudly South African"

As I had just come into contact with ideas around appreciative thinking, I
exchanged the traditional "What are your expectations from these days"  with
a pair interview "Tell about a memorable moment where collaboration across
borders at IBM meants success...".  The pairs came back with wonderful
stories about business wins and successful projects.
I asked the question...  "So if you at IBM uses your strengths and
diversities, who can win over you?"
The answer was "No one"
"In that case, would you be intererested in exploring a tool to help you
collaborate better?"
Of course the answer to that was obvious.

But back to the MBTI.....
I documented the lineups we did and have kept the pictures from this
workshop as a precious memory.  Suddenly we see diversity in so many other
ways than just color or background.

Greetings from winter dark Stockholm

Leif

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Marge Schiller <margeschiller at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Dear Teresa,
>
> About 30 years ago I was introduced to the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator
> (MBTI)
> That instrument and the Jungian foundation upon which it was built  was my
> introduction to an appreciative inquiry into differences of perception,
> sorting, priority setting and decision making.
>
> MBTI celebrates diverse preferences as applied to work and home.
>
> For 50 years I've been married to an Introverted Sensor Thinker Judger
> (ISTJ)
> I'm an Extroverted Intuitive Thinker Perceiver (ENTP)
>
> Every day we are delighted and frustrated with how our different ways of
> thinking, working and problem solving play themselves out.
>
> Life (when we let it) is a laboratory for valuing differences.
>
> Read "Gifts Differing" or some of the extensive MBTI literature and you
> will get both theory and  case examples.
> Enjoy.
>
> Marge
>
> Marjorie Schiller , PhD
>
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>
> On Nov 26, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Howard Ditkoff wrote:
>
> http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/wp-content/themes/179/aschool012008.html
>>
>> Most of the time when we think about diversity we remember sex, gender ,
>>> and culture, though i am looking for articles were i can find the value
>>> of
>>> diversity of thinking, working, problem solving and others.
>>>
>>> Also looking for articles on diversity and emotional intelligence and AI.
>>>
>>> Can any one HELP?
>>>
>>> Teresa Chang Ramos
>>>
>>
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Leif Josefsson
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