Pause every ten minutes to invite dissent

Pause every ten minutes to invite dissent

After showing four or five slides or speaking for about ten minutes, stop and explicitly ask for doubts and concerns. Frame it as "if you didn't have to be polite, what would you say?" or "what seems totally useless from your current point of...
Pause every ten minutes to invite dissent

Build connection before diving into content

Start collaborative sessions by creating connection between people, between people and the purpose, and between people and themselves. Use small groups of three to share something personal or surface initial reactions. When one person speaks up about hesitation in a...
Pause every ten minutes to invite dissent

Drop the methodology when it becomes the barrier

When the methodology itself becomes intimidating or creates a power dynamic, abandon it. If event storming, domain storytelling, or any formal technique puts you on a pedestal while participants struggle, switch to whiteboards, boxes, and arrows—whatever helps people...