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How Do We Define Success? Concluding and Advancing
The purpose of transformative facilitation is to help people transform their problematic situation. The second question that the collaborators need to work with, repeatedly, is: How do we define success in transforming our situation?
In vertical facilitation, participants define success as concluding: making a deal, pact, or agreement. They say, “We need to agree.” The facilitator focuses on enabling such agreement. The upside of this approach is that it provides a clear and definitive finish line to work toward. The downside of overemphasizing this approach, without making room for pragmatism ...
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