Recently, the book Open Knowledge Institutions was openly published by MIT Press. This title went through a radically collaborative and transparent writing and publication process: From its collaborative drafting facilitated by the Book Sprints team, to its open review period ... read more
What does it look like when a group of people get together, led by a facilitator, to write a book in five days? Some photos from the last Sprint tell the story. The improbable mission: ‘You mean an actual book, ... read more
What makes our particular kind of facilitation at Book Sprints unique? We often get asked how what we do is different to the facilitation of an “unconference style participatory event” which have become popular in the technology space. Adam Hyde, ... read more
One of the highlights of producing a Book Sprint is counting on original illustrations that converse with the written content and reflect the authors’ language and vision for the book. An illustration can be a visualisation of a text, a diagram ... read more
2020 will definitely stay in people’s memories as a very peculiar year. No matter in what sector we work in, it was a period of challenges for all; whether it was adjusting to unexpected growth and profit, or struggling to ... read more
“Hybrid Environments for Universities: a shared commitment to campus innovation and sustainability” was our last Book Sprint facilitated onsite. It took place last March at Hybrid Lab of Technical University (TU) Berlin. Six months and a somewhat different world later, we ... read more
Creating cohesion and focus in the group An onsite Book Sprint relies on the social quality of having a group in the same location, focused on completing one task. Personal lives are shared over a cup of coffee, lengthy discussions ... read more
In the beginning of March 2020, just a couple of days before the COVID19 pandemic hit Europe, 9 international experts from 4 countries met to write a book within 5 days: The Manifesto and handbook “Hybrid environments for universities. A shared ... read more
Managing group discussions and finding common grounds is a fundamental part of the Book Sprints process, and of many other collaborative processes. In times of COVID-19, we dive deep into the remote facilitation of online meetings and developed the virtual Book ... read more
A Book Sprint relies on high commitment from the participants, a dedicated working space and strong facilitation. While there is an obvious pattern across all Book Sprints, the range of client needs, participants and subjects we encounter result in very ... read more
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