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swoehrlin 9 months ago
Great Idea! Scenario strategies increase our collective capacity to discern and dialog about about complex, systemic forces at play and use forward thinking imaginative skills to frame current choices. It avoids the pitfalls of more tradition analysis that can get bogged down, while capitalizing on the dynamic power of story to elicit intuitive and heart connections as well as thoughtful consideration, and to inspire coordinated action





Sue Woehrlin
swoehrlin@gmail.com
swoehrlin 9 months ago
Visually recording a group exploration or problem-solving session in action can have a profound, positive effect on the progress and outcome of a group. Too often group dialog meanders, participants talk across one another, and some contributions are drowned out by more assertive voices. Graphic recording slows down and focuses the conversation by noting all ideas, and encouraging dialog that builds upon previous comments (or clearly contrasts new branches of the conversation). In creating an on the spot collective record it becomes clearer when the group is coalescing around particular ideas or actions, and increases the collective memory (thereby diminishing the probability of differently remembered interpretations later). In addition, graphic recording with its emphasis on visual literacy rather than verbal fluency facilitates communication across language barriers, so has special significance in cross cultural contexts.

Sue Woehrlin
swoehrlin@gmail.com