id: dynamic-facilitation
title: Dynamic Facilitation
description: >-
  A small-group facilitation method that uses four charts — solutions,
  concerns, data, and vision statements — to surface creative breakthroughs
  through energy rather than agenda control. Developed by Jim Rough.
source: Dynamic Facilitation Institute
source_url: https://www.tobe.net/
tags: [facilitation, creativity, breakthrough, choice-creating]
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steps:
  - headline: Set up four charts
    description: >-
      The facilitator posts four flip charts labelled Solutions, Concerns,
      Data, and Vision. There is no agenda beyond the issue named.
  - headline: Capture as it flows
    description: >-
      The facilitator captures each contribution on the relevant chart as it
      arises, validating every shift in direction rather than redirecting.
  - headline: Follow energy
    description: >-
      The facilitator follows the group's energy, not a plan. Moments of
      tension or excitement are welcomed as doorways to breakthrough.
  - headline: Reach a choice
    description: >-
      Through this unstructured flow, the group reaches a shared sense of
      what is really going on and what to do — a "choice" rather than a
      decision.
outcome: >-
  The group arrives at a creative shared result that no structured agenda
  would have produced, often a reframing of the original problem.
practice: >-
  This is harder than it looks. The facilitator must hold the space without
  imposing order. Trust the energy; the charts do the organising.