Facilitator's guide to participatory decision-making / / Sam Kaner [and four others] ; foreword by Michael Doyle ; cover illustration by Karen Kerney ; Book design by Sam Kaner, Duane Berger and Lenny Lind

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453575203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-42195-7
• Edizione: [Third edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Collana: Jossey-Bass business & management series
• Disciplina: 658.4/036
• Soggetti: Group decision making; Consensus (Social sciences); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION; INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION; Part One GROUNDING PRINCIPLES; 1 THE DYNAMICS OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING; DYNAMICS OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING; INTRODUCTION; SAD BUT TRUE; CLOSER TO REALITY; UNANSWERED QUESTIONS; DISCUSSION BEGINS; QUICK DECISIONS; NO OBVIOUS SOLUTION; THE CLASSIC DEAD END; EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES; IDEALIZED PROCESS; TYPICAL PROCESS; ATTEMPTED STEP-BACKS; POOR TIMING; WHAT'S MISSING?; A REALISTIC MODEL; INTRODUCING THE GROAN ZONE; THE DIAMOND OF PARTICIPATORY DECISION-MAKING THE POWER OF A REALISTIC MODEL; 2 PARTICIPATORY VALUES; PARTICIPATORY DECISION-MAKING CORE VALUES; HOW PARTICIPATORY VALUES CAN AFFECT GROUP DECISION-MAKING; FULL PARTICIPATION; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING; INCLUSIVE SOLUTIONS; SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATORY VALUES; 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLE OF FACILITATOR; THE ROLE OF FACILITATOR; FIRST FUNCTION; SECOND FUNCTION; THIRD FUNCTION; FOURTH FUNCTION; FACILITATOR SKILLS FOR PARTICIPATORY DECISION MAKING; Part Two FACILITATOR FUNDAMENTALS; 4 FACILITATIVE LISTENING SKILLS; THE CALCULUS OF DIVERSITY THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE; STRETCHING THE LIMITS; PARAPHRASING; DRAWING PEOPLE OUT; MIRRORING; GATHERING IDEAS; STACKING; TRACKING; ENCOURAGING; BALANCING; HELPING PEOPLE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER; MAKING SPACE FOR A QUIET PERSON; ACKNOWLEDGING FEELINGS; VALIDATING; EMPATHIZING; INTENTIONAL SILENCE; LINKING; LISTENING FOR THE LOGIC; LEGITIMIZING DIFFERENCES; LISTENING FOR COMMON GROUND; LISTENING WITH A POINT OF VIEW; SUMMARIZING; 5 CHART WRITING TECHNIQUE; THE POWER OF A GROUP MEMORY; THE ROLE OF CHART WRITER; LETTERING; COLORS; SYMBOLS; FORMATS; MORE FORMATS; FORMATS FOR OPEN DISCUSSION SPACING; TIPS AND TECHNIQUES; AFTER THE MEETING; 6 BRAINSTORMING; THE COST OF PREMATURE CRITICISM; SUSPENDED JUDGMENT; COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; OTHER EXPERTS 'GROUND RULES FOR BRAINSTORMING; BRAINSTORMING COMBINED WITH INDIVIDUAL WRITING; CREATIVE EXTENSIONS OF BRAINSTORMING; FACILITATOR TIPS FOR BRAINSTORMING; 7 TOOLS FOR MANAGING LONG LISTS; CATEGORIZING IN THE REAL WORLD; INTRODUCTION; INSIGHTS; OPTIONS; TWO METHODS OF CATEGORIZING; CREATING CATEGORIES BASED ON PREDEFINED CRITERIA; CATEGORIZING WITH STICKY NOTES; CATEGORIZING QUESTIONS AT A LAUNCH MEETING; SELECTING HIGH-PRIORITY ITEMS FROM A LONG LIST METHODS; FORMATS; TEN COMMON TACTICS; FOR MISHANDLING A LENGTHY LIST; 8 FACILITATING OPEN DISCUSSION; FACILITATING OPEN DISCUSSION; INTRODUCTION; FACILITATING OPEN DISCUSSION; ORGANIZING THE FLOW OF A DISCUSSION; TECHNIQUES FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION; HELPING INDIVIDUALS MAKE THEIR POINTS; MANAGING DIVERGENT PERSPECTIVES; STARTING AND ENDING OPEN DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; 9 ALTERNATIVES TO OPEN DISCUSSION; MANAGING GROUP ENERGY; INTRODUCTION; GROUP ENERGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE; A KEY INSIGHT FOR MANAGING GROUP ENERGY; LISTING IDEAS; RECOMMENDED USES; PROCEDURE
• Sommario/riassunto: Unleash the transformative power of face to face groups The third edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a problem or creating a plan. Every well-facilitated meeting is also an opportunity to stretch and develop the perspectives of the individual members, thereby building the strength and capacity of the group as a whole. This fully updated edition of The Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making guides readers through the

Braids and dynamics / / Jean-Luc Thiffeault

• Record Nr.: UNISA996490347603316
• Autore: Thiffeault Jean-Luc
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783031047909; 9783031047893
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 pages)
• Collana: Frontiers in applied dynamical systems ; ; Volume 9
• Disciplina: 514.224
• Soggetti: Braid theory; Fluid dynamics; Dynamics; Dinàmica de fluids; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation: Fluid Mixing -- 1.2 Taffy Pullers -- 1.3 Outline -- 2 Topological Dynamics on the Torus -- 2.1 Diffeomorphisms of the Torus -- 2.2 The Fundamental Group of a Surface -- 2.3 The Mapping Class Group of the Torus -- 2.4 Classification of MCG(T2) -- 2.4.1 Elliptic Case -- 2.4.2 Parabolic Case -- 2.4.3 Hyperbolic Case -- 2.5 Summary -- 3 Stretching with Three Rods -- 3.1 From the Torus to the Sphere -- 3.2 The Mapping Class Groups of S4 and D3 -- 3.3 Dehn Twists -- 3.4 Fluid Stirring with Three Rods -- 3.5 Taffy Pulling with Three Rods -- 3.6 Summary -- 4 Braids -- 4.1 Braids as Particle Dances -- 4.2 Algebraic Braids -- 4.3 Artin's Representation -- 4.4 Free Homotopy Representation -- 4.5 The Burau Representation -- 4.6 Summary -- 5 The Thurston-Nielsen Classification -- 5.1 Classification of Diffeomorphisms of a Surface -- 5.2 Pseudo-Anosov Maps -- 5.3 The Degree of the Dilatation -- 5.4 Summary -- 6 Topological Entropy -- 6.1 Definition -- 6.2 Word Length Growth -- 6.3 The Burau Estimate for the Dilatation -- 6.4 An Upper Bound -- 6.5 Summary -- 7 Train Tracks -- 7.1 The Figure-Eight Stirring Device -- 7.2 A Second Pseudo-; Anosov Example -- 7.3 A Reducible Example -- 7.4 Finding Cancellations -- 7.5 Summary -- 8 Dynnikov Coordinates -- 8.1 Coordinates for Multicurves -- 8.2 Action of Braids on Dynnikov Coordinates (Update Rules) -- 8.2.1 Update Rules for sigmai -- 8.2.2 Update Rules for sigmaiinv -- 8.3 Max-Plus Algebra -- 8.4 Mapping Classes and Dynnikov Coordinates -- 8.4.1 Finite-Order Case -- 8.4.2 Reducible Case -- 8.4.3 Pseudo-Anosov Case -- 8.5 The Word Problem -- 8.6 Summary -- 9 The Braidlab Library -- 9.1 Setup and Getting Help -- 9.2 Braids -- 9.2.1 Basic Operations -- 9.2.2 Representation and Invariants -- 9.3 Loops -- 9.3.1 Acting on Loops with Braids.; 9.3.2 Loop Coordinates for a Braid -- 9.4 Entropy and Train Tracks -- 9.4.1 Topological Entropy and Complexity -- 9.4.2 Train Track Map and Transition Matrix -- 9.5 Summary -- 10 Braids and Data Analysis -- 10.1 Braids from Closed Trajectories -- 10.1.1 Constructing a Braid from Orbit Data -- 10.1.2 An Example: Taffy Pullers -- 10.1.3 Changing the Projection Line -- 10.2 Braids from Non-closed Trajectories -- 10.2.1 Constructing a Braid from Data: An Example -- 10.2.2 Changing the Projection Line and Enforcing Closure -- 10.2.3 Finite-Time Braiding Exponent (FTBE) -- 10.3 Summary -- Derivation of Dynnikov Update Rules (Spencer A. Smith) -- A.1 Dynnikov Coordinates -- A.2 Whitehead Moves -- A.2.1 Triangulation Coordinates -- A.2.2 Whitehead Move and Update Rule -- A.3 Deriving the Update Rules -- A.3.1 Counterclockwise Switch -- A.3.2 Equivalence of Update Rules -- A.3.3 Clockwise Switch -- A.3.4 Edge Cases -- References -- Index.