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Protected time for genuine dialogue
To create recurring opportunities for deeper, more present conversation. Periodically create protected time for dialogue that is not structured around an agenda or task. Explore questions together: • 'What is the most important thing we're not talking about?' • 'What are we… An ongoing team scaffold (dialogue session), run monthly or quarterly, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 60-90 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, open-awareness, stillness-silence
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (Monthly or quarterly)
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): Protect this time from operational matters. Facilitate lightly. Participate as a member, not just facilitator. Model presence by being fully attentive.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25