Coaching practices for Argument Mapping with My Team
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I notice I believe things mostly based on who said them
- I’m about to commit to something big and I can feel that I’ve already decided in my gut
- Every reason I come up with points the same way, and that smoothness is starting to make me suspicious
- I’ve got a strong opinion about this but when I try to spell out why, it all runs together
- Every time an urgent little task lands on my team there’s this awkward pause where nobody’s sure whose job it is, so it either drops or whoever’s least busy gets stuck with it again
Practices that may help
- Argument Mapping
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes. - Evaluate the argument structure, not the source
Map the logic and evaluate it independently of who made the argument.
Argument Mapping - Map the argument before you commit to a decision
Create a quick argument map as a pre-commitment check on major decisions.
Argument Mapping - IFS Parts Mapping, Made Practical
Parts mapping is an Internal Family Systems (Richard Schwartz) practice of systematically identifying and visually or narratively charting the distinct inner parts — critics, worriers, peacekeepers, wounded exiles — and their relationships to each other. It is a diagnostic and orientation tool: it shows you the terrain of your inner system before you try to work with any single part. Evidence sits within the broader IFS and parts-work literature, which is growing but not yet on par with CBT or DBT. - Add the strongest objection to every major supporting reason
For each supporting reason, find the best counter and put it on the map.
Argument Mapping - Separate the claim from its reasons
Start every map by writing the central claim and the distinct reasons offered for it.
Argument Mapping - Establish an explicit delegation protocol for Q3 tasks
Define in advance who receives which types of urgent-but-not-important tasks — before they arrive.
The Eisenhower Matrix for Teams - Update the map as parts shift
Revisit and revise the map after significant inner work — the system changes, and the map should too.
IFS Parts Mapping, Made Practical - Surface the hidden premises
Find the unstated assumptions that the argument needs to work.
Argument Mapping - Map interests for both sides before generating solutions
Write down both parties’ known and inferred interests before proposing anything — the map reveals trades that no single position could.
Interests vs. Positions: The Core of Integrative Negotiation
Related concerns
- Argument Mapping Decisions
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Argument Mapping During A Big Change
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Argument Mapping For My Teenager
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Argument Mapping In A New Job
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Argument Mapping When Overwhelmed
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Argument Mapping As A Parent
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
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