So what is large-scale working?

• Increased collaboration is a must in so many contexts today. Sharing ideas; removing barriers to working effectively together; optimising the use of resources; fanning the flames of creativity, all require it. To genuinely engage complex groups of people in meaningful dialogue and interactive working, there are a growing number of ‘large group’ or ‘whole system’ methodologies. (For an understanding of the key approaches please see the references below and our section on practices).
  
  
• ‘Large scale’ refers to an ability to work with many hundreds or several thousand people in one place at one time and to influence the whole organisation or community. The same methodologies and processes can also be used with smaller groups. So Wikima work with leadership teams of five and whole organisations and communities of many thousands.
  
  
• Those included in any one piece of work will be the ‘whole system’ affected by, caring about or influencing the issue at hand: sometimes everyone will be physically present and sometimes a representative cross-section will take part. People from across the system also form a Design Team to co-create the event or programme with the ‘whole system’ in mind: in this way, the work begins immediately, building ownership and momentum for change.
  
  
• The issues that can be handled effectively in this way are enormously varied. For a taste of what’s possible, please see what we do and projects – to see some of the issues we’ve already addressed in large scale. If you don’t see your own concerns there, give us a call and we’ll be happy to talk through whether a large scale approach might work for your particular situation.

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