Patterns & Metaphors
Meeting focal processes
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Below are listed, in no particular order, different aspects of focus or processes which tend to occur when a meeting is in focus:
[1. Category transformation:] A condition of focus should permit a reordering of the categories governing the meeting (or the organization of its subject matter) into a less procrustean pattern corresponding more appropriately to the reality encoded.
[2. Organizational transformation:] In a condition of focus the organizational units or sub-divisions whereby it has been brought about can be reformed into a pattern more appropriate to the functional categories.
[3. Problem sensitivity (resolving power):] A condition of focus permits problems (otherwise considered identical) to be appropriately distinguished.
[4. Problem subtlety:] Certain all-pervading subtle problems can only be detected in a condition of low "noise-level" characteristic of focus.
[5. Stabilized overview:] Focus is a necessary condition for a stable overview of the meeting's domain (possibly as a meta-dimension) otherwise viewed as a multi-faceted image.
[6. Contribution of the seemingly irrelevant:] Only in a condition of focus can the contribution of otherwise "irrelevant" resources to the balance of the whole be understood.
[7. Hospitable to divergent perspectives:] A condition of focus is hospitable to overwise "divergent" perspectives.
[8. Sensitivity to new options:] The reduction in "noise-level" associated with a condition of focus permits new options and directions to emerge.
[9. Transformation of collective self-awareness:] The condition of focus facilitates the emergence of a collective sense of identity at a new level of integration and immediacy.
[10. Transformation of personal awareness:] A condition of focus enhances the processes of personal transformation in each participant and in relation to the here-and-now.
[11. Energy containment and release:] A focused configuration is able to contain and anchor the synergy normally dissipated during a meeting (possibly as a temporary state of enthusiasm or euphoria).
[12. Emergence of simplifying perspectives:] A condition of focus enables simpler descriptions of complex conditions to emerge, possibly as appropriate metaphors.
