Meeting Design Supporting Sustainability in Early Planning Practice: A Combination of ‘Hard and Soft’ Characteristics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Overview of Previous Research
1.2. Meeting Research
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Approach
2.2. Abduction: Theoretical Concepts Inspiring New Designs of Meeting Characteristics
2.3. Selecting and Analyzing the Data
3. Findings
3.1. Case 3: The Culture House Workshop—‘Soft’ Characteristics Supporting Trust and Open Communication
3.1.1. Meeting Background and Challenge
3.1.2. Engaging in Social and Emotional Interaction
3.1.3. Feedback from Participants and Results
3.2. Case 8: The ‘Making Sense’ Workshop—Digital Tools Supporting Group Processes (GSS)
3.2.1. Meeting Background and Challenge
3.2.2. Meeting Design and Results
3.3. Case 15: ‘Fågel Fenix’ Meeting—A Sudden Shift of Practice to Adapt to Digital Video Meetings
3.3.1. Meeting Background and Challenge
3.3.2. Meeting Design and Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Discussion of Case 3—The ‘Culture House’ Meeting
4.2. Discussion of Case 8—The ‘Making Sense’ Meeting
4.3. Discussion of Case 15—‘Fågel Fenix Meeting’
4.4. Limitations and Future Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Type | Case |
---|---|---|
Check-in/-out Tempo change | Procedural (Temporal) | Physical: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8 Digital: 9,10,11,12,13,14,15 |
Individual perspectives Small-group dialogue coaching Whole-group discussion | Procedural (Sharing perspectives) | Physical: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Digital: 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 |
Introduction | Procedural | Physical: 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Presentations | (Informative) | Digital: 9,10,11,13,14,15,16 |
Summarizing conclusions | ||
Activating emotions Play Movement | Procedural (Physical) | Physical: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Digital: 9,11,12,13,14,15, |
Half-moon seating Nice ambient room | Physical | Physical: 1,2,3,4,7,8 Digital: - |
Characteristics | Case 3—Physical | Case 8—Physical | Case 15—Digital |
---|---|---|---|
Introduction | Information/Soft | Information/Soft | Information/Soft |
Presentation | Information | Information | Information |
Check-in and Check-out | Soft | Hard | Soft |
Individual input | Soft | Hard | Hard |
Dialogue and coaching | Soft | Soft | - |
Whole group talk | Soft | Hard and Soft | Soft |
Movement in the room | Soft | Soft | - |
Play | Soft | Soft | - |
Activate emotions | Soft | Soft | Hard |
Tempo change | Soft | Soft | Soft |
Summarize | Information | Hard | Hard |
Feedback/learning | Soft | Hard | Soft |
Seating | Physical | Physical | - |
Nice room | Physical | Physical | - |
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Grosse, E.; Femenias, P. Meeting Design Supporting Sustainability in Early Planning Practice: A Combination of ‘Hard and Soft’ Characteristics. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3159. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063159
Grosse E, Femenias P. Meeting Design Supporting Sustainability in Early Planning Practice: A Combination of ‘Hard and Soft’ Characteristics. Sustainability. 2022; 14(6):3159. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063159
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrosse, Elise, and Paula Femenias. 2022. "Meeting Design Supporting Sustainability in Early Planning Practice: A Combination of ‘Hard and Soft’ Characteristics" Sustainability 14, no. 6: 3159. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063159