I have attempted using this in more casual decision making situations, and the response I get is nearly always something along the lines of “Okay, just let me propose this one solution, we won’t get attached to it or anything, just hear me out...”
To be perfectly honest, at the time I simply planted my face on the table in front of me a few times. I was at a dinner party with friends of my mother’s; I would have sounded extremely condescending otherwise.
I have attempted using this in more casual decision making situations, and the response I get is nearly always something along the lines of “Okay, just let me propose this one solution, we won’t get attached to it or anything, just hear me out...”
What do you do in this situation? Let them speak? Ask them to write down their solution, to be discussed later?
Oops… Couldn’t resist proposing solutions.
To be perfectly honest, at the time I simply planted my face on the table in front of me a few times. I was at a dinner party with friends of my mother’s; I would have sounded extremely condescending otherwise.
Ah yes, status mismatch in a not very rational crowd. Not much you can do there.