Worksheets for co-creation in work meetings

On this page, you will find worksheets and the appendices to the book Co-creation in work meetings. Making the invisible visible (Van der Zouwen, 2024)

Some pointers:

  • The worksheets contain instructions for participants
  • Instructions for facilitators are in the book
  • Download the document and customise the worksheet for the purpose, available time and language appropriate to the participants language use
  • They are arranged by Method as numbered in the book
  • Not every method has a worksheet, in which case a verbal explanation will suffice

 

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Method 1. Process design

A clearer version of figure 8, design the process together with a design team

Method 2. Timelines for exploring the past

Method 2,Exploring the past with timelines, instruction for participants
Download and adapt the Word document. Source: Reprinted and adapted from the book Future Search (Weisbord & Janoff, 2010).

Method 4. Collective mind map

Method 4, Exploring the present with a collective mind map, instruction for participants
Download and adapt the Word document. Source: Reprinted and adapted from the book Future Search (Weisbord & Janoff, 2010).

Method 5 Glad-Sad-Mad overview

Method 5 Exploring the present with Glad-Sad-Mad, instruction participants
Download the Word document and adapt it according to number of emotions you ask about and how you name them.

Method 6. Future images

Method 6, Exploring the future, instruction for participants
Download the Word document and adapt it with an appropriate description of the issue, time scale of the timelines, working time for participants. Source: Reprinted and adapted from the book Future Search (Weisbord & Janoff, 2010)

Method 7. Overview of hopes and fears, and of the future

The video of the Exploring the Future of Artificail Intelligence (AI) workshop gives an idea of the flow of the workshop. More details about the design see this Word document

Method 9. Large tables

Method 9, sample Table and Instruction Scenarios for Impactful Graduation April 2022
This is an example, create the tables with the outcomes you want to present and adapt the instruction to the purpose of the meeting.

Method 10. Geographic map of relationships or actions

Method 10, Geographic map, Instruction for table hosts in World Café
This is an example, adapt the instruction to the purpose of the meeting.

Method 11. Collective agenda overview, a time-place matrix

Method 11 Collective agenda overview, Open Space ground rules, posters
Pdf containing the four posters with the Open Space Technology game rules, as shown in Figure 39. You can have them printed at A1 size. Tip: Have them laminated, then you can use them more often.

Method 12. News wall with results

Method 12, format report subgroups Open Space table form
Word document with an example of a report poster, as shown in Figure 44.

Appendix 1. Checklist success factors and effects

Appendix 1, Checklist success factors and effects
Word document to use as a checklist for the evaluation (before, during or after a process) of success factors and effects for co-creation.

Appendix 2. Ten principles for leading meetings that matter

Appendix 2, Ten principles for leading meetings that matter
Pdf with the ten principles for leading meetings that matter.

Appendix 3. Poster self-managment leadership roles

Appendix 3, Poster self-management leadership roles
Pdf of the poster leadership roles for self-management. Can be hung on the wall as a poster or handed out to participants on A4 sheets as instructions.