PART IVTHREE QUESTIONS FOR ENGAGING EMERGENCE
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to betightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear moreseed toward the hope of greening the landscape of ideas.
—John Ciardi, Manner of Speaking
The three questions below orient us to a fundamental pattern of change: disturb, differentiate, cohere. They help us to think strategically about how to work with change, particularly emergent change, by offering guidance on useful actions: disrupt, engage, and renew. The qualities that the questions suggest for those actions provide a philosophical context for achieving the best possible outcomes: compassion, creativity, and wisdom.
Like all appreciative questions, they direct our attention ...
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