http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/02/to-be-or-not-to-be/ Thu, 17 May 2012 16:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/02/to-be-or-not-to-be/#comment-1325 Cuttino Mon, 16 May 2011 12:57:07 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1325 great share great share

]]> http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/02/to-be-or-not-to-be/#comment-758 amnon Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:25:20 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=248#comment-758 Just wanted to share that a couple of weeks ago, while helping a company design their new innovation process, we came up together with the (Multiplication) concept of having actually two "parking lots" for ides: one short term and the other a Long Term Parking (aka Cemetery) Just wanted to share that a couple of weeks ago, while helping a company design their new innovation process, we came up together with the (Multiplication) concept of having actually two “parking lots” for ides: one short term and the other a Long Term Parking (aka Cemetery)

]]> http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/02/to-be-or-not-to-be/#comment-724 Robyn Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:40:23 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=248#comment-724 Amnon, you are right on the mark. I'd like to expand on what you wrote and add that apart from the lengthy discussions involved when choosing (or rather not choosing) ideas, there is also a human factor. Behind each idea is a person who thought of it. People take ownership on their ideas, and sometimes take it personally when their ideas are not pushed forward, especially when they've worked hard on them and feel that they are valuable. By putting ideas in the Parking Lot we can still give room to their ideas which often are just ahead of their time. Amnon, you are right on the mark.
I’d like to expand on what you wrote and add that apart from the lengthy discussions involved when choosing (or rather not choosing) ideas, there is also a human factor. Behind each idea is a person who thought of it. People take ownership on their ideas, and sometimes take it personally when their ideas are not pushed forward, especially when they’ve worked hard on them and feel that they are valuable. By putting ideas in the Parking Lot we can still give room to their ideas which often are just ahead of their time.

]]> http://www.sitsite.com/blog/2010/02/to-be-or-not-to-be/#comment-723 amnon Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:16:50 +0000 http://www.sitsite.com/blog/?p=248#comment-723 hi Robyn, In my experience your parking lot concept can be pretty useful. In addition to the benefit you mention, it also - funnily enough - can save lots of time in the convergence process. Why? I saw the same effect when I used to work as an editor of texts. Say you have a 20-page long text and you need to cut it down to an 8-page article. It is horribly hard to delete bits (especially if you have written them yourself(:, so what you do is, instead of deleting, you cut and paste them to the bottom of the document, and promise yourself to review them later. Of course, by the time you pare the whole thing down to the required 8 pages, the last thing you want to do is review what you have below, so you either delete all of it, or keep it in a separate document for future reference. Same thing in a convergence session - deleting an idea from the list can be terribly difficult, and often implies lengthy discussions that take up precious time. Moving ideas to a Parking Lot, on the other hand, is much easier psychologically, and thus quicker and more efficient. hi Robyn,
In my experience your parking lot concept can be pretty useful. In addition to the benefit you mention, it also - funnily enough - can save lots of time in the convergence process. Why? I saw the same effect when I used to work as an editor of texts. Say you have a 20-page long text and you need to cut it down to an 8-page article. It is horribly hard to delete bits (especially if you have written them yourself(:, so what you do is, instead of deleting, you cut and paste them to the bottom of the document, and promise yourself to review them later. Of course, by the time you pare the whole thing down to the required 8 pages, the last thing you want to do is review what you have below, so you either delete all of it, or keep it in a separate document for future reference.
Same thing in a convergence session - deleting an idea from the list can be terribly difficult, and often implies lengthy discussions that take up precious time. Moving ideas to a Parking Lot, on the other hand, is much easier psychologically, and thus quicker and more efficient.

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