The largest size of a session group

[Larry Peterson]

Andrew:
 
I've also seen, on two occasions, a breakout group of about 100 (in a
5-600 person event.)   These groups seem to get along just fine even if
it was a little hard for the outliers to hear.  They both went for 1.5
hours and a bit beyond with some, but not a lot, of attrition.
 
We "know" that the ideal group discussion is with 8-12 people (from the
small group evidence).  We know, from "Wisdom of Crowds" that hundreds
or thousands in aggregated decision making do much better than the one
"expert" (given the evidence).  We really don't "know" how many people
can be held together in "collective focus" - consciously or
unconsciously.  100 in a break out?  2000 in a OS event.  A country?
????  Being happy with not-knowing allows for wonderful surprises.
 
OSonOSinOZ sounds like it was a great stimulus for thinking!
 
Larry
 
Larry Peterson
Associates in Transformation
Toronto, ON, Canada
416.653.4829
 
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