Yeah, I am a facilitator,
So what do I do?
I facilitate.
What’s that?
I enable, I encourage groups to realize their objectives
hmmm….. How?
Well I….. just do it.
How?
By helping them see issues creating problems.
Problems for whom?
For them, of course.
So you know their issues more than them?
Don’t be ridiculous!
What about things they know?
Well…… those are important too
Too?
Actually, they are more important
So what do you do?
I help them explore
Explore what?
Never mind. I help maintain an environment where they can learn and grow.
Who decides that?
I do – I can only speak for what I think.
Hmm…. and you ask them to feel.
I feel too. I share it.
And?
It helps them. It gives them honest data.
And the rest?
Okay, I get them to see the issues I find
What of the ones you don’t see… or don’t want to see…?
What of them?
How do you know that they will not be more important?
See, I sense there may be relevant stuff they don’t see
Of course. What we don’t see is infinite. Its always there!
Yeah, but I sense it
So you know what from the infinite that they don’t see is relevant?
Hey!!!! Gimme a break. I’m human too.
But still….
See, I understand these processes more than them
How come?
I’ve studied them, experienced them, worked with them.
And they haven’t?
Not in so many words, no.
So you know more than them?
Not more, different.
But a more important different than theirs?
Not….. really
And you will not resist it?
Not unless they are avoiding something
Hmmm…. who decides that?
I do, from my experience with them
And that’s foolproof?
I don’t know everything, okay?
Funny, I thought you would – you sounded like that
But I don’t. I’m not all that different from them!
Really?
Yeah, the group does what it does.
Where does that leave you?
With the group – learning and growing!
