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===[[GSV questionnaire]]===
==The general systems unit==
*A resource for optimising legal and ''human'' processes and systems.
*In scope: design, language, legal, psychology, client experience, technology
 
What it ''isn’t''
*A plain-English drafting service
*A legal technology platform
==Metaproblems==
How to get people to engage. How to get people be  step outside their paradigm and rethink something they might not think is broken.
==Purpose==
==Purpose==
*What is the ''[[purpose]]'' of the legal department? Wider: what is the purpose of any part of the [[federation]]?
*What is the ''[[purpose]]'' of the legal department? Wider: what is the purpose of any part of the [[federation]]?
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Are you getting calls from contractors in Hyderabad? Rather than throttling legal demand by charging for it, why not do that structurally, but limiting who — what grade — is allowed to seek it?
Are you getting calls from contractors in Hyderabad? Rather than throttling legal demand by charging for it, why not do that structurally, but limiting who — what grade — is allowed to seek it?
==The “product”==
==The “product”==
The product may not be what you think it is. The product is the task to be achieved; the problem to be solved.  
The product may not be what you think it is. The product is the task to be achieved; the problem to be solved.  
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What do we have available to us to imagine that future:
What do we have available to us to imagine that future:


Where did you come from: How did your process/problem get to where it was? Did it spring, fully formed, from the brow of the superbrain, or is it the result of a long, iterating, series of feedback loops: i.e., a malfunctioning system?  If it is, you can’t fix the problem without fixing the system.
 
'''Where did you come from''': How did your process/problem get to where it was? Did it spring, fully formed, from the brow of the superbrain, or is it the result of a long, iterating, series of feedback loops: i.e., a malfunctioning system?  If it is, you can’t fix the problem without fixing the system.


=== ''Tools'' and ''expertise''. ===
=== ''Tools'' and ''expertise''. ===
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*Is what we focus on really the problem?
*Is what we focus on really the problem?


==The general systems unit==
*A source of knowledge on how to optimise ''human'' processes and systems.
*In scope: use of language, legal,


What it ''isn’t''
 
*A plain-English drafting service
===Tools===
*A legal technology platform
*[[Problem solving module]]
*[[Process analysis module]]
*[[Escalation threshold]]
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