1.Record and Read
Record formal and informal meetings in a fixed period of time
- Formal Meeting – Audio Recorder
- Informal Meetings and feelings about all meetings – Diary
(2 weeks)
Read about
- Different aspects of meeting, talking and interaction
The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker
Good to Great, Jim Collins
Dare to Lead, Brene Brown
Thanks for the Feedback, Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
Difficult Conversations, Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton
The Art of Community, Charles H Vogl
Listening, Thinking, Being, Lisbeth Lipari
The Other Side of Language: A Philosophy of Listening, Gemma Corradi Fiumara
Presence, Patsy Rodenburg
- Research methods
Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Helen Kara
Visualizing Research, Carole Gray, Julian Malins
Visual Methodologies, Gillian Rose
2. Analyse and understand
Graphically analyse material
Identify different
- Types (Square)
- Elements (Dot)
- Dynamics (ZigZag)
Then within meetings:
- How did I feel? (Colour)
- How did we sit? (Shape)
- Who spoke, when did they speak, for how long? (Line)
- What type of speech? E.g. questions or statements (Material and/or texture)
- How did they speak? E.g. loud or quiet (Tone)
(2 weeks)
3.Choose
Choose an aspect of meeting. A type, element or dynamic.
4. Develop
Develop a set of practices to implement.
(1 week)
5. Apply and Record
Apply for a fixed period of time and record using same methods as before.
(2 weeks)
6. Reflect and Future Plan
Reflect on results from stage 5. Make plan for future.
(1 week)