I never think of "always works" in terms of getting certain outcomes. I think of it in terms of operations, that all issues of import will be identified, discussed, recorded, sorted, prioritized, next-stepped. Those basic promises. It's my response to questions like "what if nobody posts anything?" and "What if nobody comes?" When the question comes "How do we make sure things get done afterward?" I don't say 'always works.' Then I say, "this is what we need to do to support that... distribute proceedigns, convene and allow others to convene followup meetings, post the notes from those meetings... how can we do these things? --MichaelHerman |