Collision
"What would make this remarkable?"
The Dreamer chairs. Primary boxes: Ideas + Dream from the six-box canvas. Energy is divergent — protect sparks, defer judgment.
A collision produces raw material no other meeting type can generate. Ideas that survive a collision earn the right to enter Discovery.
Protocol
| Stage | Protocol | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Before | No agenda beyond the domain. Curate the guest list for diverse perspectives. | Surprise, not structure |
| During | Time-boxed exploration. No evaluation. Record every spark. | Raw ideas captured |
| After | Sort sparks into "explore next" and "park". No commitment yet. | Ideas backlog |
Attendance
Invite for range, not rank. The value comes from complementary perspectives colliding. Keep evaluators out — their instinct to narrow kills divergence before it breathes.
You can learn a lot about a person's character by observing the way they play.
Running It
- Open space, not agenda-driven
- "That won't work" is banned — protect divergent thinking
- Capture sparks on a shared surface, don't debate them
- 30 minutes max. Energy dies after that.
- Close by reading back the spark list. No commitments yet.
Shadow Risk
Delusion. Dreaming without grounding. The room generates ideas that excite but connect to no real problem. A collision that never feeds a Discovery or Debate is theatre.
Shadow check: Does any spark connect to a real problem someone actually has? If the answer is "not yet" for every spark, the collision was entertainment.
Wrong Meeting?
| Signal | Redirect to |
|---|---|
| Room wants to evaluate ideas | Debate — narrow criteria first |
| Room needs shared understanding first | Discovery — present, then explore |
| Someone is pushing for a decision | Decision — commit resources separately |
Context
- Dreamer Archetype — The chair's operating mode
- Make Meetings Matter — The six-box canvas
- Meetings — Universal protocol
- Flow State — What collisions protect
Questions
When does a collision cross from creative divergence into self-indulgent dreaming?
- What signal tells you a spark connects to real friction rather than wishful thinking?
- How do you curate a guest list that maximises collision quality without creating social noise?
- If the best ideas come from unexpected combinations, how do you engineer the unexpected?