This document contains guidance on how to conduct a Peer Assist.

You can find more details on Peer Assists on Chapter 7 of Learning to Fly

Peer Assist

The content on this page is based heavily on the book 'Learning to Fly by Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell (Capstone Press, 2004) with permission from the authors. You can find much more material on Peer Assists on the Internet.

A Peer Assist is about sharing experiences. But it is about more than asking for other people's opinion or advice. And it is about more than 'sharing best practice'.

The idea of a Peer Assist is that you bring together people with a wide range of experience on a particular problem (or a related problem) with the intent of reflecting on a real problem which their 'customer' has.

The discussion of the group has the possibility of bringing an entirely new perspective to the owner's problem, one which is owned by the whole group and which could be implemented by the owner of the problem.

Just Do It!

The links on this page will provide you with advice on how to run a Peer Assist and there is lots more advice to be found on the Internet. But you should treat these as guidelines, rather than rules. The important thing is for everyone involved in a Peer Assist to get clear about the idea and then to take part in one.