richardvahrman
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This is a real world problem that I tried to solve (and only partially succeeded). It is based on a problem solving method called World Cafe used e.g. in large organisations. The example comes exactly from a session my wife ran earlier in the week.
The 96 employees of XYZCo are getting together at Cafe au Lait to discuss the future of the company. They have decided that they need to discuss 4 topics and will spend 15 minutes on each "round". There are 12 tables each seating 8 people: at table A, B and C they will answer topic 1, at tables D, E and F they will answer topic 2 and so on. Each table has one person (the table "host") who will remain at the same table throughout the session. Everyone else has to discuss all 4 topics by moving to different tables at the end of rounds. Employees can discuss topics in any order, in fact, this is vital as no two people should ever sit at the same table more than once. But ...
... is this possible, and if so how to arrange the seating plan for each round?
The 96 employees of XYZCo are getting together at Cafe au Lait to discuss the future of the company. They have decided that they need to discuss 4 topics and will spend 15 minutes on each "round". There are 12 tables each seating 8 people: at table A, B and C they will answer topic 1, at tables D, E and F they will answer topic 2 and so on. Each table has one person (the table "host") who will remain at the same table throughout the session. Everyone else has to discuss all 4 topics by moving to different tables at the end of rounds. Employees can discuss topics in any order, in fact, this is vital as no two people should ever sit at the same table more than once. But ...
... is this possible, and if so how to arrange the seating plan for each round?