Powerful facilitating approach to foster open conversations in a friendly environment. ( )

World Cafe is one of those books that I didn't really enjoy reading, but did love the message. The basic premise is centered around developing meaningful conversations on "questions that matter". The book discusses the necessary principles to developing these conversations and then lays out some of the logistical steps one can use to get at those discussions. It's almost more of a how-to book than anything else and I guess I didn't expect that.

The methods used aren't really revolutionary on the surface, but I suspect that they could be extraordinarily effective. The goal is to have engaged conversations that get things done. As an administrator, that can be one of the hardest tasks imaginable. It's pretty easy coming up with ideas, but to get engagement, well that's another story.

I haven't used World Cafe yet and haven't really seen it in practice, but I'm eager to do so in the very near future. ( )