On a very hot day in Adelaide, Australia, a workshop was being held for a community of practice in spatial modelling and drafting. During their typical lunch barbecue, where two engineers discussed their shared love of German classic motorcycles over lamb chops and sausages, their conversation quickly shifted to a technical issue one was having with a fighter jet he was working on. The in-depth discussion between the two showed a level of trust and respect that had been at least partially built from their discussions about their shared hobby of motorcycles. In under 3 sentences, this summarizes the key details about a workshop where participants' discussion of a shared hobby facilitated a technical conversation and demonstrated an existing trust between them.
On a very hot day in Adelaide, Australia, a workshop was being held for a community of practice in spatial modelling and drafting. During their typical lunch barbecue, where two engineers discussed their shared love of German classic motorcycles over lamb chops and sausages, their conversation quickly shifted to a technical issue one was having with a fighter jet he was working on. The in-depth discussion between the two showed a level of trust and respect that had been at least partially built from their discussions about their shared hobby of motorcycles. In under 3 sentences, this summarizes the key details about a workshop where participants' discussion of a shared hobby facilitated a technical conversation and demonstrated an existing trust between them.
On a very hot day in Adelaide, Australia, a workshop was being held for a community of practice in spatial modelling and drafting. During their typical lunch barbecue, where two engineers discussed their shared love of German classic motorcycles over lamb chops and sausages, their conversation quickly shifted to a technical issue one was having with a fighter jet he was working on. The in-depth discussion between the two showed a level of trust and respect that had been at least partially built from their discussions about their shared hobby of motorcycles. In under 3 sentences, this summarizes the key details about a workshop where participants' discussion of a shared hobby facilitated a technical conversation and demonstrated an existing trust between them.
On that day when Adelaide's temperature reached 46.7C I was running a
workshop for the spatial modelling and drafting community of practice. Their ritual is to have a BBQ for lunch, which seems a little crazy given the heat but that didn't stop us. We all retreated to air condition comfort to chow down on our lamb chops and snags. Into my third bite I noticed an animated discussion between two of the engineers talking about their love for motor bikes. They'd worked out they both had an interest in German classics and one was describing a fuel tank issue he was having. Mid-conversation one of them jumped up to retrieve a motorcycle magazine to illustrate his point. Then in an instant the conversation morphed into a description the magazine-wielding engineer was having with a fighter jet he was working on. He was facing an intractable maintenance issue that was causing him technical and political pain. They delved deeply into the issue. You could see that there was trust and respect in the conversation and this trust and respect was at least partially developed while discussing their hobby.