Progressive Broadening

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How it works




How long it takes


  • telling: 10 minutes
  • asking: 20 minutes
  • discussion: 30 minutes

A facilitator can have an idea of what stories each participant can tell and what ones would be most interesting. Some ordering decisions can be made on the fly with the help of the audience. A facilitator might ask, "do people think it would be better to explore A or B now considering that we have only 45 minutes until lunch?"

Planning an event

Plan an event by chooing an event duration, from a few hours to a few days, suitable for the subject of interest. Solicit participants by asking for position statements relevant to the subject. Use these statements, which could be as simple as a pragraph, to select participants and order conversations.


This format has been adapted from the conference style pioneered by the Los Altos Workshop on Software Testing.