PDMA Meetup Hosts Inaugural (ICE)2 and LITA Events

At the PDMA Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter Meetup 5/19/16 held at Cintrifuse, 12 participants engaged in an (ICE)2 event using the LITA process.  This meetup was the first (ICE)2 event and the first use of LITA.

The event goal centered on actions for solidifying the Cincinnati region as an ICE epicenter.  To accomplish this the group initially worked individually, then in three 4-person teams, and finally in groups around the emerging ideas.

LITA includes the identification an eCAPL (energetic Champion, Advocate, Passionate Leader) and a next step for each idea to be implemented.  By the end of the one-hour LITA driven activity, the team identified three ideas to move forward each with in identified eCAPL and a "next step."  Here are the event results.

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LITA - Lean Ideation To Action Portal Added

The multiple portals to the same webBook continues to work.  The concept of LITA - Lean Ideation To Action is used in (ICE)2 Events and I created a separate webBook portal for LITA so the concept can be easily referenced separately.  See LITA.

LITA is based on the observation that in many cases the first 20% of the effort on a task provides 80% of the value.  LITA says let's just spend the first 20% of the effort and then harvest the 80% of the value.  For this to work, a strict time schedule is employed to ensure we do not get inappropriately bogged down.

LITA employs the identification of an eCAPL -- energetic Champion, Advocate, Passionate Leader as a critical success factor in getting actions to happen.  Without this, nothing actually gets done.  In this context Energy = Passion + Time.  Passion is indicated when you thought you had spent one hour working on something and it was really four hours.

I think there are many potential LITA applications.  What is yours?