Arena: Navigating Complex Issues
Rich Picturing: Narrative Gathering
Introduction
Narrative Gathering, storytelling, is a systemic social learning practice to gather big ideas from a group of people. People share what they know in service of what everyone can learn related to a topic of mutual concern. During the exercise, people tell 2-4 minute short stories related to a central idea. From the pool of stories, participants create an idea commons, which reveals a rich picture.