Replying to LO28976 --
Thank you Jim for asking. It is such a widespread difficulty!
There is a traditional wisdom in this part of the world about the
conditions for any conversation. It speaks of three conditions:
1. There has to be something to talk about
2. That something has to be perceivable (or conceivable)
3. That perceivable thing (or conveivable entity) should be of interest
to the participants
Also, one can think of various procedural innovations: For example, the
so-called 'talking stick method', the Quackers' method, use of
conversational aids (such as SSM-style rich pictures, PRA-style mapping
techniques, influence diagrams, belief networks, semantic networks, etc.).
I am more hopeful of 'linguistic innovations': One can frame a set of
'language rules' and use them to order group communications. For example,
one should start speaking with a word used by the previous speaker.
What do the others think?
DP
India
Jim Marshall wrote:
>Does anyone know of a checklist or some such on how to discuss something,
>which they could each use?
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