Dear Colleagues,
From time to time, notes to the list take the form of
research requests.
These are common on research lists. On most lists, the
author of a research request posts a specific question, seeking
resources, comments, and advice.
Most research requests ask that information be sent direct
to the researcher, and they make the explicit promise to
assemble the responses and return them to the list in a
compilation.
From what I have observed, research requests on this list
don't get many responses beyond a few on-list comments. We
can improve both the response rate and our community
of learning by:
1) Making our research requests explicit,
2) Offering to collect and compile the information rather
than using the open forum for this purpose,
AND
3) Promising to collect all responses in a compendium,
sharing it back with the list together with other resources
we may ourselves have discovered.
If people want to discuss the issues on the list, that's
certainly possible. Much of the time, however, collecting
material is best done off-list. A case in point was my collection
of design policy resources a few years back. I shared two
or three large compilations with the list, and I later shared
the completed policy document with those who wanted a
copy.
Others have done this from time to time. I'd like to
encourage more such requests -- with an explicit promise
to share what we collect.
Best regards,
Ken
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Ken Friedman
Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management
Design Research Center
Denmark's Design School
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