Questions that matter

Questions for focusing collective attention on the table topic:

• What’s important to you about this site / (concept/vision) and why do you care?
• What are the opportunities and constraints of this site / (concept/vision)?
• What do we know so far / still need to learn about this site / (concept/vision)?
• What assumptions do we need to test or challenge here in thinking about this site / (concept/vision)?

Questions for connecting ideas and finding deeper insight:

• What’s taking shape? What are you hearing underneath the variety of opinions being expressed?
• What’s in the centre of the table? What’s emerging here about this site / (concept/vision)?
• What’s missing from this picture so far? What is it we’re not seeing? What do we need more clarity about?
• If there was one thing that hasn’t yet been said in order to reach a deeper level of understanding / clarity on this site / (concept/vision), what would that be?

Questions that create forward movement:

• What is the overall feeling about this site / (concept/vision)?
• What’s possible here and who cares?
• what needs our immediate attention to move this forward?
• What seed might we plant together today that could make the most difference to the future of this site as the preferred site / (concept/vision)?