by Peter Block
From News for a Change
We spend a lot of effort in meetings, conferences and training sessions designed to initiate or sustain changes.
This is the final of three columns intended to shift our thinking about what is essential in the conduct of these gatherings. Most of our traditional planning is about the actions of the presenters, what we want to present and how we want to present it.
We think power is the point. We seem to ignore that it is people’s active experience in the room that will affect their emotional response to change, and ultimately the quality of action.
Three elements of experience that we undervalue are
1. The questions we ask of participants,
2. The design and structure of the room and
3. The evaluation of the event.
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