Linda and Andy offered a teach about how to design a good process. They offered a model of how groups work, first they come up with lots of ideas, this is divergence. Often people want to rush to solutions, but helping groups to stay in the middle space of emergence ( groan zone or grown zone ) is important. You can design for action or convergence when the time is ready. Think about the need and the purpose and really take some time to wrestle with this and come up with a good question that guides the conversation. Make the invitation a juicy one and choose the right process to hold the conversation. Think about what you want to harvest and what information you want to collect and how you will show the results. How can you involve more people in the design and the harvest and make it truly participatory ?
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