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How to work with other groups

How democracy works. /Group 1 elects person A. Person A makes changes. /Group 2 elects person B. Person B changes these changes. /Group 3 objects and elects person C. Replay nonstop.

Don't go crazy over budgets

Budgeting brings out the best in everyone.

Work with many priorities

Find common ground

Scuffle in the meeting room/ Maybe looking at the common ground is not so bad after all.

Go in the same directions

Teamwork is crucial to our success./Unless we work together, we can't do anything./ Imagine what would happen if your legs and arms went in different directions?/ My kids would call it dancing.

Focus on the right problem

. . . so that's how I see things./ Ed, thanks for sharing your problems with us./ I am sure we all hope that you and Sally can fix things up. /But that is not the kind of problem that our team is set up to solve.

Look at many needs and resources

Solutions require analyzing a widee range of needs and resources. / It is like a salad. All the different ingredients make the salad special./ Uh, I get it! No wonder no one likes it! / Solutions are a health food thing!

Get the right level of detail

Get creative

My heating bills are horrible./ Too bad. Mine are all very low. / What do you use? -- Hot air/ I stored it up from last summer.

Evaluate alternatives consistently

We have a very scientific way to evaluate all alternatives:

First, we get all the information. / Then, we analyze data very carefully. / Finally, our state-of the art process gives us the right answer. / Eeenie, Meenie, Mynie, Moe.

Test ideas in the real world

What do you do with all the ideas I send down here? / We run them through our elaborative testing cycle. / We want to see if they have a chance of flying in the real world.

Decisionmakers influence everyone

Gee, I wonder what this looks like in green. / The boss likes green. / Use green/ The Big Boss loves green. / Only green! / Why is everything green??

Plan before you implement

Who needs to prepare? Driving a forklift is dead easy. / Ok, they loaded the pallet, now I just lower the forks. / Whoops. / Maybe I should have backed up first!

Explain in terms people can understand.

So what did you do / Turned the interface into a real time electronic access with a GUI..../What does that mean in English?/ Click on the happy face to start.

Follow Up

Now that we have made it through the process and the solution / What have we learned about how to make decisions? / Yes, Dick, What did you learn? / That participation and jelly donuts aren't such a waste of time.

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