Expanding the Dialogue

Bearing in mind that AI is rooted in the theory that we create our future realities through our current relationships and conversations, the task of pulling themes from the interview data is a marvelous opportunity to engage more people in conversations that focus on those things that give life to the organization. The group chosen to “mine” the data and select the themes can be any configuration the AI consultant and the organization co-create. Typical choices in our experience are:

  • The external or internal consultant to the process, and/or
  • Members of the interview team, and/or
  • Members of the senior guidance group (if there is one), and/or
  • All or some significant subset of the folks who were interviewed, and/or
  • Various ...

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