Comments on: Facilitation Patterns and Antipatterns http://outrospective.org/wordpress/2009/09/facilitation-patterns-and-antipatterns/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DocList http://outrospective.org/wordpress/2009/09/facilitation-patterns-and-antipatterns/#comment-13321 DocList Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +0000 http://portfolio.outrospective.org/wordpress/?p=269#comment-13321 I'm so delighted that you observed the "...opportunity to look at one's own behaviour in meetings..." - that's one of the desired outcomes of my writing and of the learning game I developed for Agile2009. One of my favourite exchanges at Agile2009, after my session: Participant: "As a coach and facilitator, I tend to be more neutral in meetings. In taking on the role for this game, I became quite dominant. This caused others to hold back. Perhaps you should restructure the game to prevent this." Me: "Perhaps. And perhaps this is an opportunity for you to recognize your natural style and deal with it." Participant: "Oh. Oh!" "I think you're right." Much of this work comes out of introspection as much as observation. Thanks for sharing this. ...Doc I’m so delighted that you observed the “…opportunity to look at one’s own behaviour in meetings…” – that’s one of the desired outcomes of my writing and of the learning game I developed for Agile2009. One of my favourite exchanges at Agile2009, after my session:

Participant: “As a coach and facilitator, I tend to be more neutral in meetings. In taking on the role for this game, I became quite dominant. This caused others to hold back. Perhaps you should restructure the game to prevent this.”

Me: “Perhaps. And perhaps this is an opportunity for you to recognize your natural style and deal with it.”

Participant: “Oh. Oh!” “I think you’re right.”

Much of this work comes out of introspection as much as observation. Thanks for sharing this.

…Doc

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