Pragmatic Teams<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Language</span></a> matters.</p><p>There&#39;s probably no <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/facilitator" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facilitator</span></a> that hasn&#39;t got a copy of &quot;The Facilitator&#39;s Guide to Participatory <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Decision</span></a>-<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Making" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Making</span></a>&quot; (Sam <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Kaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kaner</span></a>, with Lenny <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Lind" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lind</span></a>, Catherine <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Tolda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tolda</span></a>, Sarah <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Fisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fisk</span></a>, Duane <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Berger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Berger</span></a>) on their bookshelves.</p><p>While I like the Diamond of Participatory Decision-Making, I dislike the &quot;<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Divergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Divergence</span></a> &gt; <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Groan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Groan</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Zone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Zone</span></a> &gt; <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Convergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Convergence</span></a>&quot; labeling.</p><p>Prime participants and facilitators by saying <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Emergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Emergence</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Zone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Zone</span></a> for the middle, instead.</p><p>Groaning is *optional*, emergence isn&#39;t.</p>