Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Mediator Tips
The Circle Chart

Roger Fisher and William Ury, authors of the book Getting to Yes, recommend using a strategy called the Circle Chart as a way of helping people to brainstorm options during the Generating Options phase. They identify four different types of thinking during this phase that generally occur one after another. The first type of thinking about a particular problem, including the factual situation you dislike. The second type of thinking is descriptive analysis, where you sort the problems into categories and tentatively suggest causes. The third type of thinking involves considering, in general terms, what ought to be done. The fourth type of thinking is identifying some specific and feasible suggestions for action. Fisher and Ury suggest asking yourself the following questions when going through each phase:

1. The Problem
  • What's wrong?
  • What are the current symptoms?
  • What are disliked facts contrasted with a preferred situation?
2. Analysis
  • Sort symptoms into categories.
  • Suggest causes.
  • Observe what is lacking.
  • Note barriers to resolving the problem.
3. Approaches
  • What are possible strategies or prescriptions?
  • What are some theoretical cures?
  • Generate broad ideas about what might be done.
4. Action Ideas
  • What might be done?
  • What specific steps might be taken to deal with the problem?

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