Busting the Myth that Consensus-with-Unanimity Is Good for Communities
How can a diverse group best make decisions? After many years advocating it, the author concludes that consensus is not the answer.
How can a diverse group best make decisions? After many years advocating it, the author concludes that consensus is not the answer.
Want a “problem” person to behave differently? Give a different response.
When assessing why a community is struggling to make decisions, we need to ask first how they handle conflict resolution, group-process training, and entrenched patterns.
To create a thriving, diverse community, we need to learn how to host and integrate new people in ways that support them as multi-dimensional human beings.
What happens if, despite all outer appearances, one finds one’s worldview radically different from the mainstream?
If we are truly committed to diversity, we need to stop labeling people who hold religious ideas unlike our own as “cultists,” and start practicing the tolerance we preach.