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“Any idea needs to be challenged, vigorously and early, not to destroy it but to make it more resilient. Techniques like Ritual Dissent can make this easier, but there is nothing wrong with good old-fashioned criticism provided it is done with respect... facilitators who prevent dissent or enforce a regime of positive stories are not doing anyone... See more

To quote Dave Snowden on the topic, ritual dissent is “designed to prevent complacency or entrainment; the bland tyranny of premature consensus” (blogpost 21.07.2010) :

Agents are able to go in their own direction, but the system as a whole converges at a high-level. What happens is the fractal patterns converge in a common direction.

But this does mean that we need to be aware of our strengths (or the intelligences with which we can shine) as well as our weaknesses (where we do poorly or even pathologically). And this brings us to another of our 5 essential elements: our multiples intelligences or developmental lines. So far we have looked at states and stages; what are lines... See more