120. Eventful Implementation

CD practitioners need to know how to motivate entire teams of people to continue with implementation over the long haul. Once a plan has been made they need to be able to organize people into various stable implementation structures, coordinate projects, turn implementation into a series of motivating events, and do "miracles" which are events that surprise and delight everyone by their appropriateness and timeliness. There are many ICA Best Practices for Eventful Implementation because of our long history with implementation. These Best Practices include ToP Action Planning, ToP Meeting Orchestration, developing a Community Organization including Stakes, Guilds and Assemblies, and the use of Imaginal Education for reinforcing positive images in people. There are specific best practices for economic, (Business Proforma) political (Workshop Method) and cultural dimensions (song,symbol,story) of development.