Arena: Applied Critical Thinking
Accountability and Assessment – Organizations
Go Deeper
Activity 1 – Accelerating Knowledge Sharing
Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.
Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code 52SKR to record your insights.
Activity 2 – Journaling
According to management guru, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, assessment is a process improvement tool only when it is used and designed by the people doing the work.
What do you think about this assertion? What kind assessment tool would be useful for you in your organization? Who else should be involved in designing this tool?
Write 3-5 paragraphs.
Activity 3 – Core Concept Expansion
Do a core concept expansion for the words accountability and assessment. You can do this on a big sheet of paper, like a knowledge map, or you can write it out in sentence format.
- Write out the Lexical or Dictionary Definition and Etymology (optional)
- What is the opposite word?
- What is a synonym of the word? How are they different?
- How is this word used (and/or mis-used) in professional settings
- What is your first memory (or earliest feeling impression) of the word?
- What is the colloquial (everyday common) use of the word?
- Does the word evoke a color, shape, image, or heat (feeling)?
What new insights do you have about accountability and assessment in organizations from the core concept expansion?
Other References, Articles, and Books
- The W. Edwards Deming Institute
- Share references, articles, or books in the WindTunneling Project that you think will be good supplemental content for future participants.