This document outlines an agenda for group discussions about personal information sharing at work. It instructs participants to form groups to brainstorm examples of how personal information is used to increase business value. It then has participants discuss stories of how available personal information made an economic difference or where an opportunity was lost due to lack of information. Finally, it has groups come up with novel ideas to encourage people to share more personal information at work and pick one idea to try implementing the following week. Participants are asked to privately assess their curiosity about learning personal details of coworkers before and after the discussions.

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Software
Business
Economics of Sharing
Personal Information at Work

2. Baseline Personal Interest
S Check in with yourself and privately assess:
S On a scale of 1-10, how curious are you to learn
more personal details about the people sitting close
to you?
S 1 = leave me in peace, I‘m good
S 10 = I can‘t think of anything more interesting than
learning more about them

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Olaf Lewitz

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6. Brainstorm in Groups
S Form groups of 2-4 neighbours
S Where else is personal information already
used to increase business value?
S Brainstorm as many examples as you can...
In 3 minutes.

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13. Discuss In Groups
S Form groups of 4-8 people
S Share more stories like we did.
S Where did available personal information
make an economic difference?
S Where was an opportunity lost because
personal information was not available?

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24. Brainstorm Crazy Ideas
S Form Groups of 4-8 people around you
S Come up with crazy, adventurous ideas
to create options for people
to share personal information at work
S How could we invite people to share more personal
information?
S Pick one you want to try out next week.

25. How Did You Change?
S Check in with yourself and assess your curiosity again.
S How did it change?
S Did your curiosity go up?
S Did your curiosity go down? Show Your Fingers

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Software
Business
Economics of Sharing
Personal Information at Work
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