Three meta-sessions where the methodology examined itself
Before the Discussion Playground existed, the Writing Lab turned its tools on its own methods. Two facilitators — Kaner and de Bono — diagnosed constraints, surfaced rules, and designed twelve session formats. This arc produced the foundation that everything here builds on.
Two facilitators, no panelists. A methodology on the operating table — five constraints diagnosed, seven interventions proposed, and a surprise knock on the door that changed everything.
Seventeen rules across four categories: visible, implicit, deep, and ghost. The audit that made the invisible architecture of the Writing Lab visible — and chooseable.
The methodology stops being one thing and starts being a family. Twelve session formats, three product tiers, and a permeable room that recruited its own participants.