Instead of rushing into debates, or asserting positions, we can begin with a picture forming exercise. We work with each other to come up with a list of questions, considerations and dimensions. Questions help us direct attention, and sometimes the most complex problems have to start with where we direct our attention. If we get stuck into a debate style conversation, we can be spinning our wheels endlessly and not get anywhere radical. By practising the discipline of only asking questions, we can form a better map of the territory. Then everyone can use this map for their own purposes. Each person has a different starting point, and a different destination they want to get to. Developing a better map is a more useful process than trying to get everyone to agree on where to start or where to end up. [[Sociocracy]]