shift and share

A ‘quick win’ idea out of last week’s session is “The Studio”; transforming the usual workspace of the production person into an open, interactive and transparent studio, so that session participants can see their deliverables as a living work-in-progress that is being built throughout the session.

We’ve taken a first cut at it in the Toronto ASE, with this being at the back and just out of the Radiant Room. The thought is that during report-outs, the left plasma can be switched over to a shot clock.

I really loved this concept; it completely shifts the dynamic of the production role, and I’m interested to see what effect it has on the way participants interact with the web journal.

This week was a humbling one – in the very best of ways – as I got the chance to see, once again, the intelligence, creativity and experience of the team that gathered in Chicago for our All Hands meeting. I feel like I’ve come out of the week with a whole laundry list of projects, ideas and inspirations that now require time, sweat and more thought to put into action. Deliverable number one: this blog.  My  hope is to use it as a forum for ideas; as a connection point for a lot of people scattered around the continent and around the world; and as a venue or medium through which other ideas that came out of the session can be pursued.

But it doesn’t have to be a solo act…anyone can comment, or, better yet, contribute.  Email me, I can set up an account, and the conversation can have many more voices…hence the name:

Shift and Share.

After this week, my thinking has shifted. My location has shifted. But we can still share.