CFE Large Group Intervention Methods 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a Future Search conference, how long does the process typically run?
- One full day
- Two and a half days (Correct answer)
- One week
- Four hours
Correct answer: Two and a half days
Future Search conferences are typically structured over two and a half days to allow deep exploration of past, present, and future themes.
Question 2: Which large group intervention was specifically designed to help organizations implement rapid strategic change by engaging the entire system simultaneously?
- Focus groups
- Real Time Strategic Change (RTSC) (Correct answer)
- Nominal Group Technique
- Fishbowl discussion
Correct answer: Real Time Strategic Change (RTSC)
Real Time Strategic Change engages the whole organization simultaneously to accelerate implementation of strategic initiatives.
Question 3: In Open Space Technology, what is the 'Law of Two Feet'?
- Participants must remain seated during sessions
- If you are not learning or contributing, move to another session (Correct answer)
- Two facilitators must be present at all times
- Sessions must last exactly two hours
Correct answer: If you are not learning or contributing, move to another session
The Law of Two Feet empowers participants to move freely between sessions when they are neither learning nor contributing.
Question 4: The World Café method uses 'table hosts' primarily to:
- Enforce time limits on discussions
- Record minutes of conversations
- Welcome new participants and share key insights from previous rounds (Correct answer)
- Assign participants to specific topics
Correct answer: Welcome new participants and share key insights from previous rounds
Table hosts remain at their tables across rounds to welcome new guests and share insights from previous conversations to build on them.
Question 5: Appreciative Inquiry's 4-D Cycle begins with which phase?
- Design
- Destiny
- Discovery (Correct answer)
- Dream
Correct answer: Discovery
The 4-D Cycle begins with Discovery, where participants identify and appreciate what already works best in the organization.
Question 6: Which principle is central to all large group intervention methods regardless of specific approach?
- Top-down decision making by leadership
- Whole-system participation in diagnosis and planning (Correct answer)
- Anonymous voting to prevent groupthink
- External expert analysis of organizational problems
Correct answer: Whole-system participation in diagnosis and planning
A core principle across all large group interventions is including the whole system—all stakeholders—in diagnosing issues and planning solutions.
Question 7: In Participative Design Workshops, employees redesign their own work systems primarily to:
- Reduce the need for managers
- Satisfy legal compliance requirements
- Increase ownership, commitment, and effectiveness of work processes (Correct answer)
- Document existing workflows for auditing purposes
Correct answer: Increase ownership, commitment, and effectiveness of work processes
Participative Design Workshops increase employee ownership and commitment by involving them directly in redesigning their own work systems.
CFE Large Group Intervention Methods 2
In a Future Search conference, how long does the process typically run?