exercise · all tools

Inviting Non-Human Stakeholders

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

Role-play that adds the missing chairs: participants embody non-human stakeholders — animals, rivers, trees, future ecosystems — inside a real case or project discussion, speaking their interests in first person so the more-than-human world is present when its fate is decided.

Practical

Time
60-90 min
Group
320 · small-group
Settings
in-person, online
Materials
Stakeholder cards
Mechanisms
perspective-taking, creative-expression, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state → skill · repeatable

Origin & where it lives

Anke de Vrieze, Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA); adapted from Re Imaginary — More-than-human perspective work

Instructions: open online

In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox

Related: council of all beings (variant-of)

The workplace-safe door into Council of All Beings territory: same mechanism, project framing instead of ritual framing.

status: checked · added 2026-08-25