Category: Strategic Exploration Tools
Tactics for Asking Good Follow-Up Questions
Ask about the implications of their answer. When people answer a question without being particularly revealing, or by giving a ...
What Believing in the Possibilities Can Do for Learning and Teaching
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/38757/what-believing-in-the-possibilities-can-do-for-learning-and-teaching ...
Diversity Is Good: Why Doesn’t Everyone Agree?
If all the viewpoints we hear come from people who are like us, we assume that we have the same ...
Paper-Based Project – I-Wheel
Some observations and insights on "paper-based" explorations. Including some insights on using "paper arcs" for demonstrations -- and some observations ...
How to Solve Complex Problems by Not Focusing on Them
https://www.fastcompany.com/90237319/how-to-solve-complex-problems-by-not-focusing-on-them ...
Civil War Boundary in U.S. Affects Trade to This Day
How interesting that my long term interest in the Civil War connects in this find with a "thought" for the ...
Hidden Metaphors Get under Our Skin
Very interesting article related to our use of the "Scouting" metaphor for explorations. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-metaphors-get-under-our-skin/ ...
Building Trust Inside Your Team
The teams we create for strategic exploration (Implications Wheel, Strategy Matrix, T.I.P.S. Tracking, Vision) can be either diverse teams of ...
Introverts: How to Unleash the Powers of Thinkers
https://www.tlnt.com/introverts-how-to-unleash-the-powers-of-thinkers-in-the-workplace/ Another great piece for facilitators -- our job is to be aware of the dynamics in our teams. Over ...
Influence Maps
The importance of diversity in the planning, scouting phase, de-briefing -- and successful RESULTS -- for all Strategic Exploration Tools ...