Deliberation chords by Plan 8

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Verse 1
Avoiding pitfalls.
G 
Having got the scars,
I'd rather you didn't get them
as well.
Eb 
This list of pitfalls
is by no means exhaustive,
G 
but will get you a flavour of
what to look for.
Answering the wrong question.
F 
Not allowing sufficient time,
G 
deliberation and discovery
of the real problem
and the decisions that need
Em 
to be made
G 
can lead to a process
that doesn't achieve what's
needed.
A false timeline.
You may feel you have to
F 
make a decision
by a particular time,
G 
F 
but frequently those timelines
aren't what matters.
G 
F 
Test and challenge that in the
plan phase.
G 
While we want requisite process,
we equally want a process
Eb 
G 
that isn't overly constrained and hurried.
Intentional exclusion of
stakeholders.
Some people say they
don't want to involve them
F 
be cause they will disrupt the process
and never agree,
G 
but that's contrary to the whole point
of active stakeholder participation.
Not looking widely enough
to find stakeholders.
F 
As well as mixing up stakeholders
G 
in the decision process
versus stakeholders of
the decision outcome.
Remember,
F 
diversity improves decision effectiveness.
G 
Look widely and always be prepared to
go further.
Not setting aside sufficient
time and resource
to run the process.
It takes time and effort
F 
to bring people together
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.
If they don't have the time to put in,
it will result in failure
or require additional expenditure
to put things right later.
Overkill or underkill.
Some people run a six -month process
F 
for a decision
that doesn't im
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pact many people
F 
and doesn't have a major outcome.
G 
Or, conversely,
F 
try to do it in a much shorter period of time
G 
than is required.
F 
Or they might spend too much time
on the things that are concrete
and measurable
and too little time
on the issues
that are less well known.
Thinking that the plan phase
Eb 
F 
is about making the decision.
People start saying
G 
that they know the right
answer
and get diverted in discussion
F 
around the decision itself.
G 
Constraints that aren't constraints.
Uncover what constraints
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really are
F 
and not just what others think
are important issues the
decision process.
These are a few things to watch out for
G 
that can make a big difference
to the setup of the decision
process.
The biggest pitfall
F 
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is rushing the plan phase
G 
and jumping straight into the process.
Eb 
The time saved by rushing the plan phase
G 
is lost multiple times over
in subsequent phases.