Meeting focal processes

Below are listed, in no particular order, different aspects of focus or processes which tend to occur when a meeting is in focus:< [1. Category transformation:]

A condition of focus should permit a reordering of the categories governing the meeting (or the organization of its subject matter) into a less procrustean pattern corresponding more appropriately to the reality encoded.[2. Organizational transformation:]

In a condition of focus the organizational units or sub-divisions whereby it has been brought about can be reformed into a pattern more appropriate to the functional categories. < [3. Problem sensitivity (resolving power):]

A condition of focus permits problems (otherwise considered identical) to be appropriately distinguished. < [4. Problem subtlety:]

Certain all-pervading subtle problems can only be detected in a condition of low "noise-level" characteristic of focus. < [5. Stabilized overview:]

Focus is a necessary condition for a stable overview of the meeting's domain (possibly as a meta-dimension) otherwise viewed as a multi-faceted image. < [6. Contribution of the seemingly irrelevant:]

Only in a condition of focus can the contribution of otherwise "irrelevant" resources to the balance of the whole be understood.

[7. Hospitable to divergent perspectives:]

A condition of focus is hospitable to overwise "divergent" perspectives.

[8. Sensitivity to new options:]

The reduction in "noise-level" associated with a condition of focus permits new options and directions to emerge. < [9. Transformation of collective self-awareness:]

The condition of focus facilitates the emergence of a collective sense of identity at a new level of integration and immediacy. < [10. Transformation of personal awareness:]

A condition of focus enhances the processes of personal transformation in each participant and in relation to the here-and-now.

[11. Energy containment and release:]

A focused configuration is able to contain and anchor the synergy normally dissipated during a meeting (possibly as a temporary state of enthusiasm or euphoria).

[12. Emergence of simplifying perspectives:]

A condition of focus enables simpler descriptions of complex conditions to emerge, possibly as appropriate metaphors.