STOP PRIMING

I was in one virtual group discussion recently and in one of those, no-agenda conversation, where the group is expected to meander a long until a eureka comes out of our minds.

This no-agenda, no steering, slow-as-you-go kind underwhelms. 

Although I like those slow-to-go-fast mode, I don't like anything without an agenda or at least an outcomes-setting that we need to reach at the end of this all.

The facilitator told us, "You don't have to talk if you don't have to. You can just listen."

And so in our little break-out group, everybody wants to be a listener and not talk at all.

Well, taking this cue literally means that we won't get things done. 

How can we have the luxury of not talking if we haven't done enough talking to form the basis of this group's work?  

I'm not interested in cultural signalling for the sake of cultural signaling.

This is work whether we like it or not. Others have volunteered and more so, we need to respect their time making themselves involved in seeking an outcome. 

Process without substance is dead. You want a energizer, get a coffee please. You want an ice breaker, give me a hammer and I'll break the ice. There's no need to be checking-in every 15 minutes and asked: "Are you okay? Are you having fun? Are you feeling loved? 

​Let's get down to business, shall we?