Cocreated Projects Worth Doing

An inclusive collaborative approach for design of strategic initiatives in VUCA

Abstract

The fact that an unpredictable event like the COVID Pandemic can disable humanity’s significant structures (social, economic and political), demonstrates just how vulnerable that system is. Our systems are running on the brink of sustainability to optimise efficiency and making it quite fragile. We can create a more resilient and adaptable system, if we challenge ourselves to do things differently and invest our collective knowledge in more sustainable approaches. To achieve such desired outcomes, we will benefit from adopting more cocreative approaches for the design and implementation of strategic change. One effective tool for this purpose is “​ Cocreated Project Worth Doing” ​ (CPWD). This article describes what CPWD are, where they evolved from, and why they have greater agility and impact than traditional project methods in uncertainty. This article acknowledges that there is value in maintaining a diversity of approaches to project design and implementation. CPWD does not replace traditional project management (PM) design and implementation methods, it adds to our PM toolkit, especially in VUCA situations (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous).aThe fact that an unpredictable event like the COVID Pandemic can disable humanity’s significant structures (social, economic and political), demonstrates just how vulnerable that system is. Our systems are running on the brink of sustainability to optimise efficiency and making it quite fragile. We can create a more resilient and adaptable system, if we challenge ourselves to do things differently and invest our collective knowledge in more sustainable approaches. To achieve such desired outcomes, we will benefit from adopting more cocreative approaches for the design and implementation of strategic change. One effective tool for this purpose is “​ Cocreated Project Worth Doing” ​ (CPWD). This article describes what CPWD are, where they evolved from, and why they have greater agility and impact than traditional project methods in uncertainty. This article acknowledges that there is value in maintaining a diversity of approaches to project design and implementation. CPWD does not replace traditional project management (PM) design and implementation methods, it adds to our PM toolkit, especially in VUCA situations (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous).The fact that an unpredictable event like the COVID Pandemic can disable humanity’s significant structures (social, economic and political), demonstrates just how vulnerable that system is. Our systems are running on the brink of sustainability to optimise efficiency and making it quite fragile. We can create a more resilient and adaptable system, if we challenge ourselves to do things differently and invest our collective knowledge in more sustainable approaches. To achieve such desired outcomes, we will benefit from adopting more cocreative approaches for the design and implementation of strategic change. One effective tool for this purpose is “​ Cocreated Project Worth Doing” ​ (CPWD). This article describes what CPWD are, where they evolved from, and why they have greater agility and impact than traditional project methods in uncertainty. This article acknowledges that there is value in maintaining a diversity of approaches to project design and implementation. CPWD does not replace traditional project management (PM) design and implementation methods, it adds to our PM toolkit, especially in VUCA situations (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous).