Working Assumptions

Working Assumptions

(with explanation of each in parentheses)

1. 모든 사람은 지혜롭다.
Everyone has wisdom. (This doesn't mean everything that everyone says is wise. It means that behind what they say is wisdom, and we will listen for it.)

2. 가장 지혜로운 결과를 위해서는 모든 사람의 지혜가 필요하다.
We need everyone's wisdom for the wisest result. (In the same way that a diamond is more valuable when it is cut with more facets, what we come up with will be more valuable when we have illuminated more facets of what we are working with.)

3. 틀린 답이란 없다.
There are no wrong answers. (See number 1 -- behind what may seem on the surface as a wrong answer -- and I have heard some that were positively evil on the surface -- there is wisdom, and that is what we will listen for. The corollary, of course, is that there are no right answers, only the best we can come up with given our limitations.)

4. 전체는 부분의 합보다 크다.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. (Trite, yes, but points to consensus as creating a larger answer that is not identical to any one view, but includes the wisdom of many. Diamond image again. I think of compromise as smaller than the sum of its parts, consensus as larger. Like a puzzle picture, which is the sum of the puzzle pieces and their relationships. All puzzle pieces are included, or there is a hole.)

5. 모두가 모두를 경청할 것이다.
 Everyone will hear others and be heard. (This doesn't mean that everyone has to talk all the time -- then nobody would be heard. It means listening to others as well as making sure your wisdom is on the table.)

(http://www.iaf-methods.org/node/5360)

   Assumption of the Virgin

Artist           Peter Paul Rubens

Year            1626

Type            Oil on panel

Dimensions   490 cm × 325 cm (190 in × 128 in)

Location       Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp