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Creating genuinely inclusive engagement with external actors

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

To model inclusive practice in how the team reaches out and collaborates. When planning engagement with external actors, consider who is being included and who might be left out. Whose voices are typically heard? Whose are typically absent? What barriers might prevent certain groups… An ongoing team scaffold (engagement practice), run for external engagement, not as a one-off session.

Practical

Time
5-90 min
Group
3–20 · small-group
Settings
in-person, online
Materials
None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
Mechanisms
life-embedding, perspective-taking, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state → skill · recurring-practice (For external engagement)

Instructions

Where
idg.thomasjordan.se/idg-team-scaffolds-webapp.html — Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library, open
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)

In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library

Team leader role (Jordan): Champion inclusive external engagement as a team value. When planning engagement, ask whose voices are missing. Model respectful engagement with external actors regardless of their formal status.

status: checked · added 2026-08-25