The method to create knowledge together in an efficient way
- Designate a moderator of the meeting: he has the power to give word to people and to make decisions in case of controversy
- Clearly set the goals of the meeting: identify and point to the others issues that are not pertinent
- Raise your hand to ask to speak, wait your turn
- Whe you speak:
- Start by saying the overall goal of your contribute
- Be coincise
- Never interrupt the others (you can only make a gesture to invite to be coincise)
- The goal of the talk is to give information and compare different ideas and identifying their pros and cons
- The goal of the talk *is not* to convince the others. Tolerate that other people have different opinions
- Repeat the position of others in case of dispute to assure them that you understood (even if not necessarily convinced)
- Confrontatation of positions finishes when no additional information can be given, not when the other is convinced
- Learn to say "you are right" when you think you are wrong: this is sign of high intellectual capabilities