Our leadership team gets stuck in discussion loops during IDS, and we struggle to reach concrete solutions. How do our sessions with you teach us to leverage our different learning and problem-solving styles to accelerate decision-making?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When teams get stuck in discussion loops during the IDS® portion of their Level 10 Meeting™, it is usually because they are not leveraging their diverse learning styles correctly. During our sessions, we analyze how your team processes information using experiential learning models. We identify who on your team is a diverger, naturally gifted at seeing problems from multiple perspectives, and who is a converger, focused on finding practical, immediate applications.

If your divergers dominate the conversation, your team will talk a problem to death without ever reaching a solution. If your convergers jump in too quickly, you will solve the wrong problem or implement a superficial fix. We teach your team how to balance these learning styles during the IDS® process. We show you how to allow the divergers to define the real issue, and then transition to the convergers to build the practical action plan.

By understanding these natural cognitive dynamics, your team can move through issues with much greater speed. We also teach you to use strategic pauses to give analytical thinkers the time they need to process complex data. This systematic approach to problem-solving eliminates circular arguments, reduces emotional friction, and ensures that your weekly meetings result in concrete, actionable solutions.