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There are Task Donors, There are Task Recipients, & Task Transplants Involve Compatibility

by Rick Baker
On Aug 24, 2013

There are Task Donors: those are the people who delegate tasks.

There are Task Recipients: those are the people who receive those delegated tasks. 

Task Transplants involve compatibility...if compatibility is not present then the transplant is rejected.

How might we test for Task-Transplant compatibility?

If we are a donor of tasks we can ask ourselves questions like:

  • Do I understand the various consequences of the assignment I am about to delegate?
  • Have I properly sold the task?

If we are a recipient of tasks we can ask ourselves questions like:

  • Do I understand the various aspects of the assignment I am about to receive/accept?
  • Have I bought the task?

And, donors and recipients together can discuss answers to questions like:

  • Do we both really understand the importance and urgency of the situation?
  • Have we considered the other Task Dimensions?
  • Have we communicated fully?

Task transplants succeed when the donors and recipients communicate fully, test for reasonableness, and test for task-transplant compatibility.

 

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