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How to work with other groups
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![democratic tangles](graphics/comdemo.gif)
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.
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Don't go crazy over budgets
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![budget comic](graphics/combud.gif)
Budgeting brings out the best in everyone.
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Work with many priorities
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All this talk about government being so hard because of tradeoffs and priorities is a bunch of hooey. / Just giveme wha tI want and I'll be satisfied. |
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Find common ground
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Scuffle in the meeting room/ Maybe looking at the common ground is not so bad after all.
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Go in the same directions
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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.
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Focus on the right problem
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. . . 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.
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Look at many needs and resources
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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!
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Get the right level of detail
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Dear
insurance company / To help you with this claim, here is a brief summary. I was born July 12th 1967 at 2:39 p.m. / I was discharged at 9:34 that night. I had colic when I was a baby...... |
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Get creative
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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.
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Evaluate alternatives consistently
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![evaluation process](graphics/comeval.gif)
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.
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Test ideas in the real world
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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.
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Decisionmakers influence everyone
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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??
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Plan before you implement
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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!
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Explain in terms people can understand.
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![complicated translations](graphics/comgui.gif)
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.
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Follow Up
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![What's important](graphics/comjelly.gif)
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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Go On
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