Focused Conversation Art: 100 Ways to Gain Collective Wisdom at Work

Author: Brian Steenfelt
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The Seven Values of Implementing Wenta Jian Dao in Enterprises:
- Mastering the core secrets of Western enterprises to grow strong and large;
- Ensuring long-term stability for the enterprise and allowing the owner to enjoy weekends and holidays;
- The magic of the group thinking wall: Once consensus is established, performance significantly improves;
- Practical operational methods for truly creating a learning organization;
- Employees work with peace of mind, rarely quit, and feel content;
- Overcoming national conditions challenges to create a new corporate culture of participation;
- "Consensus from outstanding wisdom leads to outstanding determination, and collective determination builds a solid foundation as stable as Mount Tai."
Facilitation: The term for the set of skills required for constructive guidance and a participative management style. Group facilitation is an interactive process where facilitation skills provide a structured, step-by-step approach to help groups achieve clear consensus decisions within limited time and resources, forming actionable implementation plans to achieve the goal of "efficient communication, consensus in meetings, and significant performance improvement." A facilitator plays a neutral role in the group's thinking and process. The alias for a facilitator is "midwife of group outcomes."
This series of books is the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the concept and methods of facilitation (a "group wisdom capability") in China. Wenta Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and the U.S.-based International Association of Facilitators (ICA) have collaborated to introduce ToP facilitation skills and further develop the "Wenta Jian Dao" course tailored for the Chinese context. Wenta is committed to promoting simple management tools and skills supported by strong academic foundations and proven in practice.