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Hi there
I hope you are well!
This CAOTICA newsletter is about discussions that get 'stuck'. They often happen in formal board meetings where people leave wondering what was actually achieved in the meeting and why they always seem to be the same - unproductive, tiring, stressful and ultimately 'stuck'!
But 'stuck discussions' also happen in less formal circumstances such as in family gatherings, or community meetings or even online discussions.
This video looks at two simple communication practices that are often used within the mediation process that can help a discussion to 'unstick' because, unlike a lot of interactions in meetings and other conversations. These communication practices are specifically designed to open up a discussion in a way that allows in more information about what lies behind a person's particular view or action but without trying to send the discussion in any particular direction.
The video is fairly long but my intention has been to look in detail at the common responses in a stuck discussion that make it stuck or keep it stuck, so that they can be more 'consciously' recognised either in others - in which case we can use the communication practices described - or in ourselves so that we can notice it and respond more constructively instead.
So, I'll stop there and leave you to watch the video.....
(Please put any comments or questions on the video itself or send them to me and I will get back to you.)
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