Choose and agree on ideally one or two facilitators with experience

 

Who

Those who are most impacted and affected and experienced about said decision is a general guideline

Those who stay in the circle, “on the land” – asking, learning, and discovering with others what serves

Those in seats of responsibility

Those who need not make a decision before it is needed

Those willing to listen

Those willing to decide

Those willing

 

How

Set intention and timeline

Set and agree on the process – whether it is to be made by consensus, thru council ways or voting /majority etc. and/or thru another particular process, such as sociocracy

Make sure all have current information

Explain choices/options etc. until a yes/no/maybe is possible

Go for the truth of the situation – not just a decision

Ask for any concerns objections, fears, or obstacles

Give opportunity for questions and responses to unfold until there is again a feeling of being current

If there is a particular polarization or difference, consider a fishbowl or spiral council

Be bump-friendly aware that such can lead to a new understanding

Make any changes that arise and seem right in words or process

 

When

Confirm it is the time to decide

Go around and see who is yes, who is a maybe, who is a no

Consult maps of wholeness, ensuring essentials

Remember no decision is a decision

Read the field, confirm verbally and in writing the “knowing”

Celebrate the work wherever it leads; the truth-whatever it is

Gratitudes are always in order

Set any follow up steps and time needed