The World Talks The world's biggest dialogue experiment

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   May 30, 2023, 14:21I have long been a fan of Randomised Coffee Trials (RCTs) — social experiments where people are randomly matched for coffee meetings to facilitate knowledge sharing and relationship building. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, you can learn more about it in my blook. Typically, RCTs are run within organizations … Continue reading The World Talks The world’s biggest dialogue experiment

Randomised Coffee Trials at Red Cross Red Crescent Virtual coffee meetings across the globe

Randomised Coffee Trials (RCTS) are a way of connecting people in an organization at random to give them time to meet to have a coffee and talk about whatever they wish. They are a simple, low-cost means of enabling people to talk with others who they might not otherwise meet. They allow people to learn from … Continue reading Randomised Coffee Trials at Red Cross Red Crescent Virtual coffee meetings across the globe

Idea Campaign Café A series of focused conversations to generate ideas

An Idea Campaign Café is a conversational method that you can use to solicit ideas on a particular issue, problem, or opportunity. It draws upon the conversational power of the Ideation Café (a variant of the Knowledge Café) and the Randomised Coffee Trial processes. Background Many organizations use suggestion boxes to capture ideas but usually with no clear … Continue reading Idea Campaign Café A series of focused conversations to generate ideas

Randomised Coffee Trials It is just a coffee, but at the same time it is much more

A Randomized Coffee Trial, also known as an RCT, is a social experiment where individuals are randomly matched for coffee meetings, aiming to facilitate serendipitous connections, knowledge sharing, and relationship building in a casual setting. The History The original idea was inspired by Pedro Medina and developed by Michael Soto and Jon Kingsbury of Nesta … Continue reading Randomised Coffee Trials It is just a coffee, but at the same time it is much more