S02E10 The Intentionally Human In Virtual Spaces Episode (with Gwen Wilkie)

with Guest, Gwen Stirling-Wilke
Dialogic OD Consultant

Check-In Question

• One powerful moment in a virtual space

Big Ideas:

• The Check-in Question
  • Check in questions brings about shifts in the relational space and creates
  • Liminal space can help people transition from one space to another. 
  • It's a punctuation and allows for recalibration
  • Questions can be adapted to the time, the people, etc.
  • Prepares people to the relationship part of the work
  • Creates the relational glue around people
• Transition from in-person to online was both exciting and terrifying. Created a lot of new learning opportunities
• Design had to shift from in-person to online
• Bonuses to working online
• Sessions online must be shorter to accommodate fatigue
• Shared meaning making happens together, but stretch the learning before and afterward
• Preparation is part of the intervention
• Be careful about your intentions
• Expectations shifted at the beginning of pandemic to possibility
• How do we configure people - face to face, hybrid, online.  When is which the best answer?
• How to create an inclusive space when hybrid
• Asymmetry when some are in-person and others are online
• Designing an event for the bigger purpose and desired outcomes
• Trust within a team determines how to hold the space 
• Creating the conditions online that would otherwise organically develop face to face
• Harmony between the connection time and the content time
• How can quickly can I get people from sitting and receiving to participating? 
• Using "waiting rooms" to warm people up with a soft question
• Get people involved right away
• Individual time to think about something before connecting with others

Resources:

• From Physical Space to Virtual Space  by Gwen Stirling-Wilke
• Healing Circles Global
• Dr. Mee-Yan Cheung Judge

To see what Gwen's up to next, head here. 

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