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In his unique book Dialogue and the art of thinking together William Issacs introduces the Four-Player System originally developed by David Kantor. This is a very important technique for supporting real collaborative thinking in teams.

In any productive group thinking dialogue all four of the following roles should be in play:

1. Mover
   Without Movers there is no direction
2. Opposer
   Without Opposers there is no correction
3. Follower
   Without Followers there is no completion
4. Bystander
   Without Bystanders there is no perspective

The roles do not all need to be in play at the same time but need to have been played before the thinking concludes

This also fits very well with the idea of a personal ecosystem of thinking partners (Kitchen Cabinet, Advisors and Agents) as exemplified by Jim Henson of the Muppets fame and described in How is your personal ecosystem of relationships

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The Organizational Zoo

August 16, 2006 | article by Ken Thompson in Book Reviews (37)

I was introduced to an interesting book and web site, The Organizational Zoo, by Arthur Shelley which offers humorous observations of the characteristics and behaviours of the other creatures in your "organizational Zoo".

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