yanqingcheng Getting to the real point
Half 1 craft: Map + Understand under Coaching session. Weave freely. Judgement — not a script.
Track things + logics + relations (Coaching working map). Say it back when it helps. Drive clarity by how you ask; don’t supply answers. If strategy structure is the hole, open Strategy coaching.
Map — inventory
Done when: the thing(s) are here; nothing else big missing.
| Situation | Grab |
|---|---|
| Map may be missing things | Broaden |
| Unclear if A and B are the same / where new item sits | Make distinct |
Understand — shape / structure
Done when: shape clear enough to reason about what to do. May start before Map is finished.
Crystallise one thing: Stay with → focusing / load-bearing hinge. NNTD = relation at impasse — not inventory.
| Situation | Grab |
|---|---|
| One thing unfinished / loaded (still in words) | Stay with |
| Fog — can’t find words | Real point — focusing |
| One thing’s logic mushy; need the hinge | Real point — load-bearing hinge |
| Two things confirmed separate and at an impasse | Real point — trust dance |
| Placed enough for ordinary coaching questions | Questions — goal / Questions — reality |
| Strategy structure missing | Strategy coaching |
| Leading others | Leadership lens router |
Structure is the oracle for Understand.
Lean Half 2 / weave (mirror session)
Oracle: clear problem to solve that is a or the important problem? Not knowing the answer ≠ stay here.
- Ask when you might be there or nearly there.
- Felt referent (stress/scared/…) — does this problem match?
- Multi-part / NNTD — each part’s permission to address this problem.
- Then Half 2 open (full map → which piece → outer edge).
Half 1 / Half 2 are not one-way. Mid-plan uncertainty or confusion on something related → back here for that piece, then return. New “oh and also…” big → Map, then reassess. See session.
Stop
Clear important problem ready to lean Half 2 — or they pause.