What ritual is appropriate?

Each agenda item is susceptible to a variety of rituals. Ritual includes physical setting, facilitative techniques, and participative expectations. Actual rituals ought to be designed and articulated for each issue on the agenda. Problem solving tasks, for example, will require discussion of process issues, while counseling may require discussion of relationship issues. Remember, that ritual isn’t principle. Rather, principle is brought to life by practicing rituals; the principles of the interest approach can be brought to life by practicing facilitative rituals such as force field analysis, nominative group techniques and dialogue.


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