How to ask questions- LO17095

martin.silcock@wedgwood.com
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:59:24 +0000

Replying to LO17059 --

At has commented the following in response to my original post

>Never ask questions if there is too little time available to answer them
>completely.Never ask questions when the audience show any signs of
>impatience.

I think this is good advice, and the kind of thing to consider carefully
when designing workshops and preparing for meetings. It would also be
interesting to consider how to understand the sources of the impatience.
I noticed an interesting Musing on Gene Bellingers latest website on the
subject of Time Management which describes the kind on dynamics at play.

It seems to revolve around an imbalance between the perception of "things
to do" and the "perception of time available"and the pressure this
produces. At an individual level the balancing act and feelings are bad
enough. Put it into a group context and you really do have an issue!.

Maybe there is a need to gain shared group agreement, up front from
participants on the existence, nature and impact of both these
perceptions. However, one would need a quick way of doing it so as not to
increase the pressure on time! This might create an understanding of the
benefits of "Just standing there" and reflecting? Any ideas, techniques?
(Does this constitute a different thread?)

Thanks again for your input.

Regards

Martin

P.S At, do you have any diagrams of your entropy production analysis. I
have picked up some of the thread from your previous postings but I am
having difficulty conceptualising your approach and would like to learn
more. Maybe you could direct me to a selection of your previous posts?

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