I haven't read the exact book you reference, Dave, but I did just read Juanita Brown's doctoral dissertation and I bet the book closely parallels what I read.
People that I deeply and wholeheartedly respect have talked more and more about World Cafe and these people seem to think it is something whollly new and different. To me, World Cafe is just a new spin on large scale meeting design. I don't quite get why so many people I deeply respect think it is something so new and so different. I am perfectly willing to believe it is an excellent meeting methodology, one among several. I don't think organizations need new structured meeting tools: I think organizations need to have gatherings that build and nurture its capacity for self organization. I don't see how self organization is nurtured through structured conversations. I can see how hanging out in a World Cafe, moving from table to table, would be a lovely experience and give satisfaction to a client organization. But to me it sounds like same-old, same-old. . . with a lovely and wonderful new buzz. * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
