What It Is
Convergent Facilitation is a process that enables communities, organizations, and even former adversaries to reach collaborative decisions that everyone can wholeheartedly embrace. The process is based, among other things, on the principles of Compassionate Communication.
Goals of the Process
- Build trust from the start, even across power differences
- Resolve surface concerns
- Transform conflicts into dilemmas that the group feels empowered to resolve together
Success Stories
This process has been used successfully in a variety of contexts:
- Between longtime enemies with polarized perspectives
- Creating groundbreaking legislation with support from opposing parties
- Solving problems in half the time in large corporations
- Creating a collaborative leadership structure in nonprofits with geographically dispersed staff
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