NO, PERO WHY?

The loudest table is not a head count.

Quick cases



Five people speak repeatedly against evening hours. A dozen stay quiet. Mateo is about to report that the room opposes evening events.



LUPA ASKS

What did the quiet people tell us, as opposed to what we assumed?



TRY ONE RESPONSE

Describe the quiet people as agreeing.

Silence could mean many things. You have no basis for assigning them a view.



TRY ANOTHER RESPONSE

Report what was actually said and invite other ways to respond.

You preserve the difference between observed comments and a claim about the whole group.



MAKE SOMETHING USEFUL

Write a meeting summary that does not invent a majority.



TELL A FRIEND

Five people spoke against it. We have not established what the rest of the room thinks.

Say it your way. Keep the supported meaning and the part you still need to check.



READING

Carol Bacchi: What’s the problem represented to be?

https://carolbacchi.com/about/

Our entry questions adapt part of WPR. They are not the complete approach or a substitute for evidence about an option’s effects.



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