Currently I'm runnin
[2023-02-07 11:48:55 AM] : Currently I'm running a new "pioneers" course I recently launched. It is a cohort based affair - first I've done like this - and its throwing up all sorts of left field challenges I hadn't really expected. One is dealing with the "experts" in the room. Any tips on this? It is not that I want to argue with them, more that they are assuming they know some basic stuff and they clearly don't. The issue is they are not giving these fundamentals enough attention and so are going to struggle potentially. Its almost like they are thinking "Oh I know that, that is not for me, that is for others on the programme." How can I help these guys revisit these things?
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[2023-02-08 08:29:06 AM] : I think they talk about this in 'A Workshop Survival Guide', and their advice was something like 'give them the floor to share their expertise and then scaffold from that'. Bring them in as an ally so they are not hostile, and then they might start paying attention :slightly_smiling_face:
[2023-02-08 08:29:17 AM] : (That's definitely been done to me before, when I've been the bad person in the room!)
[2023-02-08 09:08:19 AM] : Thanks Steve Bromley... Now you mention it I remember that advice now. Its what I've been trying to do. Also as most comms is written, its hard not to read it too negatively so taking my time. I'm sure you're never the bad person in the room! haha!