Developing leaders for a Digital Age

Online Action Learning Sets

Protocols for Communication

We suggest simple default ground rules to begin with. You may change these with the agreement of your set.

• Communication is confidential within the bounds of the set
• Give as well as receive
• Maintain respectful, professional, collegial communication

Confidentiality

Your audit of digital leadership in your context is yours to share as you will. Others' remain confidential. They may share theirs but not yours.

Keep to the "Chatham House Rule".

When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.

Giving and receiving

Time is limited and there will be a number of you in the set. You must balance between giving and receiving in two key ways:

• as author and commenter of your own and comments on others contributions
• as one who listens to and reflects on the contributions and comments of others.

Divide your time in the set into four approximately equal parts, and divide the comments as equally as possible or necessary between the other participants:

• Contributing your developing "audit of digital leadership" in what ever form it might take
• Commenting on others' developing audits
• Reflecting on and probing others' comments on your audit
• Reflecting on and probing the comments of others on theirs and others' work in the set.

Respectful, professional, collegial communication

Respectful, professional, collegial communication means sharing understndings of appropriate tone (formal/informal) and style of writing. It should go without needing to say that comments should be on the work and words, not character or culture of individuals in the set or beyond.