Step 3: A Portrait of Myself as a Decision Maker
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Meet Stephanie and Brian, who will invite you into a problem-solving dialogue about a difficult decision they have to make. Listen to what their friends say they should do. |
Notice the strategy their friends use—it's called RIVALING. Rivaling tries to come up with many different ways of seeing and solving the problem.
- Make your own prediction about what Brian and Stephanie actually did and compare it to their decision.
Notice a second strategy Brian and Stephanie use—it's called TELLING THE STORY-BEHIND-THE-STORY. It lets them think about why they made that decision and what they learned.
Let Brian and Stephanie show you how to hold your own problem-solving dialogue, because the next step in this Journey will ask you:- To tell your own story about a hard decision you made.
- And to see what rivals your group comes up with—before you tell them the story-behind-the-story of what you really did.
Have you finished the Introduction? If so, take a closer look at how to tell the story-behind-the-story. And start thinking about the story you have to tell about your own decision.
Take Time Out for a Strategy SessionStory-Behind-the-Story: A Strategy for Getting at the Whole Truth
>> View the SBS Strategy Session (pgs. 2-3) (If you do not have your Strategy Session worksheet with you, you may click here to download a copy.)