During the workshop one of the tools a participant presented to the group was The Art of Focused Conversation.
The Focused Conversation Method developed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) as part of its Technology of Participation (ToP™) has helped people reflect on everything from poetry and movies, to the latest office blow-up, to how to build better widgets, tractors and hamburgers, and even how to give better health care. It is a relatively simple process that enables a conversation to flow from surface to depth. A facilitator leads the conversation through a series of questions at four levels: Objective (Begin with data, facts external reality - “What did you actually see, hear or read?”), Reflective (Evoke immediate personal reactions, internal responses, sometimes emotions or feelings, hidden images, and associations with the facts - “What was your gut level reaction?”), Interpretive (Draw out meaning, values, significance, implications - “What new insight did you get from this?”) and Decisional (Bring the conversation to a close, eliciting resolution and enabling the group to make a decision about the future -“What do you think we should do?”)It was very well received by the group and I personally resonated very strongly with the methodology so I decided to experiment with it by using it as a process framework for my whole session. It seemed to work well and I look forward to continuing to experiment with integrating The Grove’s Facilitation Model™, built on a framework called “The Four Flows,” as inspired by Arthur M. Young’s Theory of Process with this methodology
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