How to Bring Out Mental Models?

Richard Karash (rkarash@world.std.com)
Wed, 11 Jan 1995 23:11:01 +0001 (EST)

How do *you* help a group bring out their mental models? What are your
favorite techniques? What are the tricks to make these work well? What
are the traps to avoid?

I'd like to start a discussion thread on techniques and methods for this
aspect of facilitating groups. It's an area (a discipline) in which many
of us would like to improve our skills. In my case, besides my own work,
I'm teaching internal consultants and facilitators; a related question is
how do you teach this skill?

I'll post another message in a day or so with some of the background
theory (ladder of inference) and some of the basic methods. But, I'll
leave this post short for now to get people thinking. And, if someone else
wants to jump in with the background and basics, please go ahead.

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