Bring the people who see different parts of the work.

A working session can make the differences among specialties useful. Its center is something the group needs to understand together: an initiative, process, architecture, prototype, or difficult transition.

Howard Pearlmutter can help participants examine that work with enough technical and organizational perspective to connect what each person sees.

Begin with a shared object.

A diagram, example, model, or prototype gives people something to point to. What does it mean? What does it establish? Which next action does each participant expect? What important condition is missing?

The differences can expose the group's real question more quickly than another broad discussion about alignment.

The object should be chosen around the work. A highly detailed architecture may help one group and hide the relevant relationship from another.

Keep the knowledge distributed; make the relationships shared.

The purpose is to help specialists contribute effectively across their boundaries. A developer can explain implementation behavior. Operations can reveal the work around it. A product or customer-facing participant can explain the promise the organization is making.

Howard can interpret these contributions and help the group identify which distinction deserves attention. His background includes practical systems, enterprise integration, human interfaces, advisory, and advanced learning.

Leave with a usable account of what comes next.

The group might improve its model, identify an assumption to test, or define the purpose of a practical prototype. It might clarify a dependency or discover that participants have been using the same word for different states of work.

The session should produce something the organization can use. A longer engagement is not required to make the contribution worthwhile.

Draw on examples suited to the crossing.

Factory-design signoff shows specialized models becoming inspectable for executives. Merger integration shows stakeholder work connected to architecture. The Telos engagement shows learning and practical prototypes across technical and leadership roles.

Your situation may call for a different combination. Begin with who needs to understand whom, what artifact they are already discussing, and where the meanings diverge.

Start there, or read about shared models before choosing the format.