KEY WORDS
STAKE HOLDERS:
These are
the preferred name for those who will participate in this strategic
communication duel. This can be as few as two persons or as much as ten, irrespective
of expertise, social status, profession and age. However, it is important to note that even
numbers makes the voting process easier to count whenever the need for voting
arises.
FIELD OF CONTEXT:
Because Kommon
Sense is a tool to be applied in and at different levels and on multiple
subject matters, there is the need to always define the context of the play and
this must be a collective agreement by all the stake holders. For instance,
Entrepreneurship can be a field of play, in which case before any connection is
made; this will serve as the contextual reference. Either that or you can
decide to go universal and open the connections to a universal context.
CONNECTION:
In Kommon Sense, connection means you must
find the value and the meanings of how one card relates to another. This means
that you must establish these relationships with adequate explanation based on
the agreed field of context because it is your context that qualifies your
connections.
TIME ZONE:
In Kommon Sense moderation is key. In other to
moderate the connections by stakeholders, there is need to decide on a time
limit for connections. This can be 1, 2 or 3 minutes.
VOTING:
Kommon Sense also is predicated on democratic
principles. Therefore when there is a conflict of agreement over connections among
stakeholders, a vote is called for by the simple raise up of hands in support
or against. The simple majority carries the day, meaning that that connection
has been accepted by the house even if a few disagree.
GO TO SCHOOL:
In Kommon
Sense, ‘go to school’ is a call to
action when a stakeholder fails to make an accepted connection. It is like a
consequence, at this point the stakeholder retrieves the card he/she played and pick one from the deck of cards at
the centre. Symbolizing the need to learn and improve.
THE RULES:
1. From your share of cards connect a
card to the one at the centre.
2. Explain this connection in clear
terms.
3. Allow stakeholders to respond to your
connections: this response may come in form of acceptance or call for further
clarification or outright rejection. IF your connection is accepted, the
process continues to the next person, if not, you have only two more
opportunities to re-explain your connection and if on your third attempt you
fail to connect, then you retrieve your card and go to school. In the event that some agree and
others don’t you take a vote.
