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We can all help disarm the Delphi Technique . . .

IF WE EDUCATE OURSELVES AND INFORM OTHERS!

The following brochure was prepared as a tool to pass out either before, during or after Delphi ‘events’.

The contents are depicted below and a link to a pdf version follows.

The page is 8 1/2 X 11 and is designed to be printed on card stock and cut into three brochures.

HAVE YOU BEEN DELPHIED ?

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OR

ARE YOU ABOUT TO BE?

Key tip-off word: CONSENSUS

The Delphi Technique was established by the private RAND corporation think-tank as a way to create the impression of group (public) input. It is commonly used to create a false “consensus”.

Group manipulation is more often

the rule than the exception.

The goal of the gathering will be presented to you as a problem to be solved or a policy to be established. You may or may not share the stated goal or their perception of the problem; however CRITICISM OF THE AGENDA will be quickly silenced.

Check list of the Delphi Technique:

Attendees are told their input is important and might even be referred to as “stakeholders”.

Polls, surveys or questionnaires are generally presented.

The questions are designed to support a predetermined outcome. They rarely have a “none of the above” choice.

The group is generally divided into smaller groups and assigned a small aspect of the bigger issue. Participants in each group are not privy to the comments/concerns of the other groups.

Each ‘break out group’ will have a facilitator that will ‘guide’ their discussion.

Eventually the smaller groups will come together and share their ‘findings’.

If you disagree with the premise of the policy or choices being offered, you are likely to be marginalized or even insulted.

This permits the planners to control any dissent to the predetermined outcome.

By controlling the following factors, a structured group can be manipulated into seemingly supporting the organizer’s predetermined conclusions: Continue reading →

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