Running a dialogue

Running a dialogue

Eight situations a steward meets, one per stage, from the facilitator’s own tables and this platform’s rules. Three minutes each. Pick what you would do; then read why. Nothing here is graded — the point is to have met the situation before it meets you.

1. The question

§2 of the method; the question reader

2. Who is in the room

Ashby’s law of requisite variety; the join form

3. Generate

Table 1: seating, round robin, active listening

Table 2: avoiding judgement, encouraging questions

5. Cluster and Select

Tables 3–4: counting votes, ensuring autonomy; held seats

6. Structure

Table 5: counting yes/no votes, managing vivid discussions

7. Map and Actions

Table 6: evaluations, action groups; the action reader

Table 7: the quality indicators; the before-and-after question