#💡 #🟠 # Balancing advocacy and inquiry ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Apr 09, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 02, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Communication]], [[Learning]], [[Leadership MOC|Leadership]] This is a great tool for testing and changing [[mental models]], both our own and those of others. In a productive discussion, we can balance [[advocacy]] and [[inquiry]] by laying out our reasoning and thinking and then encouraging others to challenge us. ![[advocacy inquiry grid.png]] ### When advocating - Reveal your thinking and conclusions when taking a position - walk up the [[Ladder of Inference]] - Describe the data you're using - Explain your assumptions - State why you're saying what you're saying - Publicly test your conclusions and assumptions - How does what I've said sound to you? - Do you see any flaws in my reasoning? - What makes sense to you and what doesn't? - Encourage others to provide different views or confront yours - Do you see it differently? - Does anyone have any different data? - Do you see any ways I can improve it? - Listen and stay open - Avoid being defensive ### When inquiring - Ask others to describe their though processes - walk down the [[Ladder of Inference]] - Find out what data they've selected and are using to make assumptions - Verify their assumptions - What leads you to conclude that? - Share your reasons (concerns, hopes, needs) for inquiring - I'm asking because... - Listen for a new understanding - What are the implications of looking at it this way? - Use [[left-hand column]] as a resource to raise your concerns - State what is leading you to have them - When you say... I worry that... ## Sources [[ORGL 615 Discussion Board Primer - Conners]]