September 2011 Committed to Connecting the World World ITU Green Standards Week 9 September 2011 Workshop on Submarine Cables for Ocean/Climate Monitoring and Disaster Warning: Science, Engineering, Business and Law Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Head, Administration & HR Services

September 2011 Innovation & discovery in collaborative conversations Understand complexity Explore the views of all stake-holders Test ideas and assumptions together Build new knowledge collectively Generate innovative solutions Originators of The World Café: Juanita Brown PhD & David Isaacs

September 2011 What it looks like Images: cc theworldcafe; Rae Paladin, TSB

September 2011 A change of pace Informal, relaxed Frame-breaking Highly interactive All-inclusive Connects Images: Rae Paladin, TSB

September 2011 Goals for this World Café Ensure active involvement of all participants Facilitate networking, connection and exchanges Stimulate new perspectives Trigger initiatives Consolidate a community of interests Generate input for output document

September 2011 Who uses The World Café ?

September 2011 Businesses Worlds largest producer and exporter of crude oil. Over 50,000 employees, 100,000 contractors. A first World Café in 2003 for Engineering and Operations Department, for strategic planning Over 700 participants Saudi Aramco Image: cc theworldcafe

September 2011 Government & civil society Bilbao 2008, A World Café on renewal and innovation in local communities. 770 participants representing many stakeholders: education, health, business, R&D, regional government, social services, arts. Basque Agency for Innovation Image: cc theworldcafe

September 2011 Academia Strategic insights for academic program development Designing curriculum World Café as a research system Fielding Graduate University Image: cc theworldcafe

September 2011 International Organizations ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau A World Café on innovation challenges and how to be the best SDO secretariat for the ITU-T membership Image: Rae Paladin, TSB

September 2011 and many more…… Academia University of California MIT Organizational Learning University of Texas University of Michigan Businesses Nokia Telia Ericsson Intel Shell Petroleum Coca Cola Walt Disney Chevron Hewlett-Packard Agilent Government and civil society Scandinavian Sustainability Forum European Union Ministry of Information Singapore Ministry of Education United Arab Emirates

September 2011 How it works Three conversation rounds, each triggered by a question At each round – Explore questions together – Reflect & summarize At the end of the round, change table and meet new people Image: Nancy Margulies

September 2011 The knowledge is in the room Image: Nancy Margulies

September 2011 Innovative Thinking Image: Rae Paladin, TSB

September 2011 Collaborative Talking Image: Rae Paladin, TSB

September 2011 Connect different perspectives Image: Nancy Margulies

September 2011 Harvest and share outcome Images: cc theworldcafe; Elizabeth Auzan; Rae Paladin, TSB

September 2011 Silos within a system Image: Elizabeth Auzan

September 2011 An interconnected system

September 2011 See you at the World Café !