Expansion, Extension & Exploration Techniques (AT1)

September 5, 2019

Application Techniques

Per Kristiansen

The meeting involved multiple speakers sharing their models and goals for the conversation, with discussions on topics such as asking deeper questions, minimizing risks, and designing workshops. Per introduced concepts such as exploration and expansion questions, load-bearing steps, and suitcase words. Technical difficulties and challenges with participant engagement were also discussed. Per discusses the importance of crafting questions well and planning for an expansion question to go deeper, he explains the difference between an expansion and an extension in their process and talks about making the space safer for participants and using skills building to anchor behavior. He also discusses the importance of a second round in workshops and how it can be a mix of exploration and expansion and explains their approach to designing workshops, starting with desired end state and working backwards to identify load-bearing steps. Per emphasizes the importance of identifying load-bearing steps and listening to what is most important for participants to achieve their desired future state and gives a detailed explanation of how to use reflection, exploration, and expansion questions in a skills building exercise.