Large Group Intervention Methods Flashcards
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The '18/64' rule in large group interventions refers to:
Answer: Eighteen percent of the group can shift 64 percent of outcomes through informal influence
The 18/64 rule suggests that roughly 18% of a group's informal influencers can shift outcomes for 64% of the organization.
In a Conference Model intervention, the 'Design Conference' phase is focused on:
Answer: Creating new organizational structures and work processes based on prior exploration conferences
The Design Conference takes the themes and insights from earlier exploration conferences and uses them to create new organizational structures and work processes.
Which feature of Open Space Technology makes it particularly suited for complex, urgent organizational issues?
Answer: Self-organization around passion and responsibility
Open Space Technology harnesses self-organization, allowing participants who care deeply about issues to convene sessions, which surfaces the most energetically charged topics.
An OD practitioner is evaluating whether to use a large group intervention. Which condition most strongly supports this choice?
Answer: The issue requires broad ownership and commitment across many stakeholders
Large group interventions are most appropriate when successful change depends on widespread ownership and commitment across diverse stakeholders.
In Appreciative Inquiry summits, the 'Dream' phase produces:
Answer: Vivid, possibility-focused images of the organization's desired future
The Dream phase uses creative expression to generate compelling, emotionally resonant visions of what the organization could become at its best.
Which large group intervention method specifically uses 'wisdom circles' drawn from different organizational levels?
Answer: Whole Scale Change
Whole Scale Change uses wisdom circles—cross-level, cross-functional groups—to ensure diverse perspectives inform whole-system decision making.
Post-intervention sustainability in large group methods is most effectively supported by:
Answer: Establishing internal change networks and regular check-in processes
Sustainability is best maintained through internal change networks that maintain momentum, accountability, and peer support after the large group event concludes.