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"questions": [ { "text": "How do participants report their ability to disagree, decline an activity or challenge a higher-status participant?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditions-for-candid-contribution-q01" }, { "text": "What confidentiality limits and consequences of disclosure must be clarified before requesting sensitive contributions?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditions-for-candid-contribution-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "facilitated-process-design", "name": "Facilitated process design", "description": "Connect the group's task to a workable sequence of interaction methods.", "rationale": "Facilitation requires choices about how participants work together, beyond selecting an agenda or allocating time.", "layers": [ { "id": "task-to-method-fit", "name": "Task-to-method fit", "description": "Specify why particular formats support the intended collective work.", "findings": [ { "id": "method-selection-rationale", "name": "Method selection rationale", "description": "Record 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"typical_range": "0-100%; interpretation depends on how a contribution is defined and whether speaking is appropriate", "unit": "percent of participants contributing" }, { "quantity": "Participant-rated process quality", "typical_range": "Instrument-dependent; no universal scale or accepted benchmark", "unit": "survey score" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of facilitation this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Dominant participants or unequal power suppress contributions while the process appears inclusive.", "Leading questions, selective summaries or agenda control steer outcomes without acknowledging that influence.", "Pressure for consensus conceals disagreement or produces 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