…I saw first-hand how surfacing withheld conversations opens other communication channels.
The initial brief was to be present and keep discussions on track or, as one partner mentioned, to stop them from crawling across the table and strangling someone.
As the main issue at hand was being resolved, a few long withheld conversations began to surface.
The slated one hour lasted close to three hours with a number of long-range discussions ensuing resulting in some forward planning and action steps being outlined, all of which hadn’t happened for quite some time.
As the withheld conversations were surfaced and explored, the space they were taking up was cleared so new ideas, possibilities, and discussions had a place to live and grow.
Oh! And BTW, no one was strangled.
Written while listening to Russian Folk Music.
One of the best things I’ve come across this week:
“As we look back on the failed civilizations of the past, we can see that they were so poor, their technology was so feeble, and their explanations of the world so fragmentary and full of micconceptions that their caution about innovation and progress was as perverse as expecting a blindfold to be useful when navigating dangerous waters.”
From, The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch.
This blog post was thought of and written by me, no AI here, and is a mosaic of my experience, reading, and learning.
William Kerr And associates 