Remember the old kids’ game Truth or Consequences?  IF’s exploratory discussions don’t allow participants to get off the hook by choosing one or another.  On the contrary, they put participants...

Back in March I described recruiting single individuals to IF public discussions as a “dead end.”  I meant not that it couldn’t be done, but rather that IF’s experience so...

In my last couple of posts, I’ve spoken about the strides IF has made in developing and testing a prototype of exploratory discussion.  While we will always continue to refine...

I last wrote of the “vision” that helps me keep the IF faith going forward.  Doing so got me thinking that those unfamiliar with our work might appreciate a bird’s...

IF discussions change those who participate in them. But some who do want to know what larger impact the discussions will have. I’ve asked myself the same question more times...

IF Fellows maintain a more-or-less continual conversation about how to improve sanctuary projects so that they produce Public Discussion Reports better able to spur truly exploratory public discussions.  A perennial...

Blogging, like most forms of communication, can serve various purposes.  It can contribute to both IF’s learning by doing (through recruiting, say) and teaching (by drawing attention to the lessons...

It’s time to declare individual recruiting a dead-end approach.  The results of upwards of 60 IF public discussions are clear: group-based recruiting is superior.   Whether thought of in terms of...

Life imitates art, or so they say.  But not always.  At least not completely.  Take the story of Chicken Little.  True, we’ve got no shortage these days of Chicken Littles. ...