July 28, 2005

No Flipcharts

I would like to propose an International No Flip Chart Week. During this period, no one will leap up in the middle of meetings and attempt to capture what's being discussed on a flip chart (or any high tech equivalent).

This often feels like a form of premature conceptualisation. A way of focussing too much on the explicit and measurable at the expense of the subtle stuff that happens when we allow ourselves to explore ideas together. Whilst on one level it appears to be a way of acknowledging ideas, at a deeper level I think it's a way of containing them, boxing them and avoiding being influenced by people.

Further reading: The tyranny of the explicit

Posted by Johnnie Moore at 09:52 in Facilitation , Tyranny of the explicit
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patti digh says

you might enjoy the idea behind this conference coming up in Denmark in September: "The Art of the Overhead"

It made me smile.

http://tinyurl.com/7373u

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