Quick Reference: Read The Mode Of The Room
Recall fast cues that tell you whether to open the field or narrow it.
What is a strong cue that the room still needs divergence? Only a few voices have shaped the discussion so far. When contribution is narrow, the option set is usually narrow too. What is a strong cue that the room now needs convergence? Ideas are repeating and the group has no criteria yet. Repetition without selection logic is the classic signal to narrow. How do the two modes sound different? The language of the prompt usually reveals the mode. What is the danger of converging too early? The room commits to the first available ideas instead of the strongest ones.…
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