Feedback on Test Drive Interviews

The "Test Drive" began in mid-January, after almost two months of planning from the Test Drive Committee, which was chaired by Russ Gaskin and had Effenus Henderson, Ann Herington, Julie Cincotta and Ed Letchinger as members. The 'roll-out' of the Test Drive is nearly complete now, and we'll begin our analysis of the data collected beginning on February 19th. Our objective is to have a preliminary report ready to present at the conference, and judging from the comments of a few of our interviewers, below, it should be a very productive part of the conference!!

My sense is that the interviewing process is so powerful. I have been struck by how people who were new to the principles brought a very differ net and great perspectives to them -- and in particular how their lens and experiences (and context) raised some important questions and saw angles that I/we may not have seen as we worked on them - Judith K.

...it seems to me that while the principles we developed at last years conference are excellent, in order for organizations to truly adopt and identify with principles of inclusion, they need to develop them on there own. They could use this list to generate ideas and understanding, but for an organization to adopt a list, lessens the chance that there will be internalization, identification and buy-in at all levels.
I think the feedback... on how the interviews alone are generating thought and ideas among organizational leaders may have more of an impact than the actual adoption of the principles. - Jeremy H.

-I too think the interviews are helping to generate ideas for refining the Principles. I also think that the interviews are very generative - beyond wordsmithing. They ignite people to think about these issues more deeply -- they are in intervention. So -- I ... would suggest we first build on the energy that we are generating before, during and after the conference. I suspect that some people who might not have the time or energy to commit prior to our meeting will certainly find the time and energy after. -Ilene W.