Mining Group Gold Analysis
Emma Higginbotham
August 16, 2014
Week 6 Homework Assignment
Mining Group Gold
Introduction
Thomas Kayser, author of Mining Gold: How to Cash in on the Collaborative Brain Power of a Team for Innovation and Results, stated in his book “If you can’t or won’t take the time to do the simple preparatory work, you haven’t earned the right to convene a group session.” Kayser developed a way for teams to collectively combine all efforts in a meeting. He named this method Mining Group Gold.
Five Basic Steps
According to FUNDAMENTALS, Kayser has set five basic steps for Mining Group Gold. These steps are:
Determining the purpose of the session.
Determining the desired outcomes of the session.
Determining who will be the facilitator, scribe, and time keeper of the meeting. According to Trenton Hightower, there should also be a primary and secondary facilitator.
The Primary Facilitator focuses on the group dynamics, controls the flow of the meetings, and …show more content…
The Scribe keeps track of what is being said on flip charts that can be hung on the wall for future reference.
Determining the agenda.
Allocating a time for each agenda item.
Dealing with Emotion Kayser mentions in his book that there is a process to be taken when dealing with emotions called “Feelings-Facts-Solutions.” FUNDAMENTALS gives examples of how to properly deal with each of these steps, and they are:
Feelings: Accepting, acknowledging, and processing feelings in a way that the team can move on to facts. One way that is suggested is to have every member in the group write down how they feel. Each group member will then present it to the group and they will work together to solve the problem.
Facts: Objectively generate and develop facts that can be used to identify and analyze problems.
Solutions: Generate potential solutions, and make decisions as a group on a way of implementing and evaluating the solutions.
Improving
August 16, 2014
Week 6 Homework Assignment
Mining Group Gold
Introduction
Thomas Kayser, author of Mining Gold: How to Cash in on the Collaborative Brain Power of a Team for Innovation and Results, stated in his book “If you can’t or won’t take the time to do the simple preparatory work, you haven’t earned the right to convene a group session.” Kayser developed a way for teams to collectively combine all efforts in a meeting. He named this method Mining Group Gold.
Five Basic Steps
According to FUNDAMENTALS, Kayser has set five basic steps for Mining Group Gold. These steps are:
Determining the purpose of the session.
Determining the desired outcomes of the session.
Determining who will be the facilitator, scribe, and time keeper of the meeting. According to Trenton Hightower, there should also be a primary and secondary facilitator.
The Primary Facilitator focuses on the group dynamics, controls the flow of the meetings, and …show more content…
The Scribe keeps track of what is being said on flip charts that can be hung on the wall for future reference.
Determining the agenda.
Allocating a time for each agenda item.
Dealing with Emotion Kayser mentions in his book that there is a process to be taken when dealing with emotions called “Feelings-Facts-Solutions.” FUNDAMENTALS gives examples of how to properly deal with each of these steps, and they are:
Feelings: Accepting, acknowledging, and processing feelings in a way that the team can move on to facts. One way that is suggested is to have every member in the group write down how they feel. Each group member will then present it to the group and they will work together to solve the problem.
Facts: Objectively generate and develop facts that can be used to identify and analyze problems.
Solutions: Generate potential solutions, and make decisions as a group on a way of implementing and evaluating the solutions.
Improving