Missing Conversations

**Pattern Name:** Missing Conversations

**Introduction:** Missed understanding comes mostly from missed conversations.

**CONTEXT:**

Social systems are understood and lived in conversations and stories. Our view of the world is mostly our very own story book.

**PROBLEM:** **Incomplete stories are too often the source of unhappiness and even tragedy.**

**Forces:** Available time Distance apart Level of trust

**Use tools and methods that help locate missing conversations before it is too late.**

**Actions:**

Talk with people--listen to them. See what they see.

Draw diagrams together.

Better relationships. Better outcomes. Better neighborhood.