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Consultancy Speed Round
Bring a real dilemma. Receive only clarifying and probing questions—no drive-by advice.
18–30 min3–24 peopleTable groups
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Set the room up for success.
Materials
- Timer
- Optional question-stem card
Before you begin
- Teach the difference between clarifying, probing, and advice-giving
- Choose whether everyone will present or one person per group
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What to say
“The gift is questions, not solutions. The presenter may pass on any question, and the group does not get to solve the dilemma after the timer ends.”
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Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Allow presenters to submit a dilemma in writing.
- Provide question stems visually.
- Make presenting optional and prohibit identifiable student details.
Watch out for
- Stop disguised advice that begins with ‘Have you tried…?’
- Do not use dilemmas involving active safety, legal, or personnel issues in a casual protocol.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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Form groups of three or four and assign a timekeeper.
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Presenter describes one bounded dilemma for two minutes.
- 3
Group asks clarifying questions for one minute.
- 4
Group asks probing questions for three minutes with no advice.
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For the group
Keep going.
- 5
Presenter reflects for one minute on what shifted or became clearer.
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Rotate only if time and trust allow.
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Prompt 01
What feels most important here?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
What have you already tried?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
What assumption might be shaping the dilemma?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
What is within your control?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 05
What would a useful next step make possible?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- Which question helped thinking move?
- What made listening without fixing difficult?