Inclusive Decision-Making

Inclusive Mindset and Intercultural Competence Co-Creation Skills Communication Skills

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator

Trust · group readiness★★some

Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

Group decision-making built on the Lewis Method of Deep Democracy: every voice is actively sought, the minority "no" is heard and its wisdom added to the proposal before deciding, and the group learns why railroaded majorities cost more later. Handout-supported, runnable in a class or team.

Hold with care

Inviting the no is a promise — a facilitator who solicits dissent and then overrides it does lasting damage

Practical

Time: 60-90 min
Group: 7–49 · small-group, large-group
Settings: in-person, online
Materials: Handouts; flip chart or whiteboard
Mechanisms: dialogic-encounter, perspective-taking
Change scope: state → skill · repeatable

Origin & where it lives

Guido de Wilde, Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA), on the Lewis Method (Myrna & Greg Lewis) — Deep Democracy (Lewis lineage)

Instructions: open online

In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox

Related: deep democracy (variant-of)

status: checked · added 2026-08-25