And if a mediator is indeed brought in – they’re not simply firefighting. They’re bringing structure, freshening perspectives, and leveling up the community beyond what they could do by themselves. It’s additive support , not a last ditch effort.
Be the farthest out, yourself. As the host or the guide or the coach or the leader, can you be the one the farthest from shore, so that everyone else feels safe? How might you take a risk, be vulnerable, or be brave, so that they might be too? Imagine...you being the one to share your super ugly prototype first.