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.