Create enabling constraints by setting and maintaining clear boundaries

• When the group’s task is ambiguous (which is required for emergence), other psychological boundaries like space, time and role need to be held in order to create a sense of psychological safety for the group
  • If there are no clear boundaries, the space becomes too uncertain for anything coherent to emerge

• Maintain time boundaries
  • if you say a session will be 30 minutes long, stick to it or at least acknowledge
  • If you do break it; maintain your role boundary as facilitator
    • Hold the space, don’t become a content expert or rescuer
      
• If you create an alliance with the group, or set ground rules, make sure you observe them and hold the group accountable if they aren’t kept
  • If not, the group will not trust you or your process