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SIXSTEP IN: PRACTICE ENGAGING

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

—Helen Keller, The Open Door

We have prepared ourselves to engage and equipped ourselves to host, with a clear purpose and spirit of welcome. We have invited a diverse group to come together. We are poised to step in, confident that productive outcomes are possible.

How do we engage so that we achieve the best possible outcomes?

This chapter covers practices key to engaging emergence: inquiring appreciatively, opening, and reflecting. In addition to descriptions, stories, and tips on these practices, I offer two practices that amplify reflecting: naming and harvesting. ...

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