Polarity Map

Contradictions shape your life

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Goal

Polarity Mapping sessions help teams and organizations to find a balanced approach to deal with complex challenges. It helps them find the (seemingly) opposing approaches that together, if managed well, effectively solve their problems.

Description

Conducting a Polarity Mapping session involves in-depth discussions with stakeholders representing all viewpoints concerning the issues to be solved.

Results

Videos

Polarity Management (3 minute extract)

Jennifer Garvey Berger gives a compelling example of how challenges can sometimes be a polarity to manage rather than a problem to solve. A situation where you can get the best of both worlds.

 

Polarity Thinking – A Conversation with Barry Johnson (3.5 minute extract)

Presentation by Barry Johnson, a profound thinker and creator of the Polarity Map and its principles.

To Work

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A dialog sheet is available for this method.

To prepare

  1. Place the dialogue worksheet on a table for the team members to sit around.
  2. At step 1 place the manual for working with a dialogue sheet.
  3. Make sure each team member has a marker.
 

Read the manual for working with a dialogue sheet if you have not worked with a dialogue sheet before.


Go through the dialogue sheet step by step, with the team members taking turns reading out and facilitating a step.

Source

You find more techniques that help people collaborate more effectively in our book Connective Teamwork. The book helps you set your team in motion with a practical 5-step plan and 20 teamwork techniques.

You can learn more about and practice this technique in our Connective Team Coach Training Course.

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