Breakthroughs in understanding - or at least moving beyond stuckness - are often accomplished by stepping out of the flow of Rumination and examining how we are going about it. - Tom
The group can be totally absorbed in what it's talking about but be manifesting dysfunctions that make it hard to make progress. Dive In to tag those dynamics or even just ask "Are we doing what we need to be doing right now?" -- Tom
Notice the role that the culture and the process play in raising and/or resolving disturbing differences.
The group can notice how its culture is helping or hindering the process or what it is trying to accomplish. -- Tom
A suggestion that the group Go Meta in some way is another of the main varieties of Guerrilla Facilitation, since many eyes are aware of different dimensions of the process. -- Tom
If the flow is especially good or bad, hop out of it and call people's attention to it. -- Tom
Often what needs to be said is above or outside of what's explicitly being talked about, which is the essence of what "going meta" is all about. -- Tom
Power Shift requires calling attention to power dynamics as they play out in the group, a major form of Going Meta. -- Tom
You are Present with the dynamics of the group happening at multiple levels and in multiple domains, so you can track, appreciate and facilitate aliveness in all those levels and domains. -- Tom
It is important to look at the group's process -- it's successes and problems -- and to determine any new approaches worth trying. -- Tom
Going Meta usually involves a story someone is telling themselves about something significant -- good or bad -- that is going on in the group. -- Tom
Taking different time viewpoints is one way to gain much broader perspective on something --Sue
Sometimes you need to refer to the larger dynamics of the group, culture or society to usefully contextualize the statement of the person you are translating for. -- Tom
It is always legitimate to Go Meta to inquire about whether things are as transparent as they seem, or point out some non-transparent aspect of what's going on. -- Tom
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