44Ambiguity—Applying the Law of Co-orientation

Ambiguity is the state of not knowing everything you need to understand something. As we investigate to determine what information is important for us to have in making our decision, we are in a state of ambiguity because we don’t know everything we need to know yet. Thus, we investigate.

Assignment

Your task in calling any group together to make a consensus agreement is to ensure that the information discovered is shared with everyone in the group as it comes to its agreement.

In group consensus processes, the members of the group must have a tolerance for this ambiguity while the group investigates.

Moreover, the investigators must provide their information to everyone in the group. That is co-orientation, ...

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