Chapter 8
A living room is a place to meet with others, a low-key domain to air issues or just talk, or read, or watch TV. In this porous space, quiet talk and musing can help people find new understandings and settling points. Here, the Consultant sets an atmosphere where people are willing to be inquirers, to acknowledge their uncertainty in the face of issues for which there seems to be no precedent or solution. Use this Room when you judge clients need time and space to think, and the right people to think with. Here, their public mask of certainty can be laid aside, and clarity and doubt can live together for a while.
In this chapter we will be raiding the action methods toolkit of stage, place, encounter, ...
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