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Handle a Dominant Stakeholder in Synthesis

Use evidence-centered facilitation to keep synthesis grounded when stakeholders push pet interpretations.

Research review The CRO wants one enterprise quote to settle the roadmap. The board contains a broader pattern. Your job is to preserve the evidence without dismissing the stakeholder. Facilitated synthesis Acknowledge -> locate -> test A strong facilitator does not fight senior opinions directly. They turn opinions into hypotheses and test them against the evidence set. Shortcut Debate the CRO's conclusion out loud. The group converges on evidence strength, not hierarchy. Affinity synthesis creates alignment when the team can see what the evidence supports, what it weakens, and what remains unknown. 01 Acknowledge 02 Locate 03 Test First response…

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