Unity and Diversity is a linked pattern because awareness of it is part of how we execute Appropriate Boundaries skillfully.

Shared Airtime supports Appropriate Boundaries; part of why we set the boundary is so that one person will not take over the group space.

Appropriate Boundaries is one of the ways a group needs to Balance Structure and Flexibility.

Quite often, you draw appropriate boundaries to keep Priority Focus.

Remembering the Power of Constraints can help people to accept or even appreciate a decision to draw boundaries.

Membership questions always relate to the Invitation.

Groups with new members coming in should be prepared for divergence. Groups that are in the convergence phase of Divergence and Convergence Rhythm should probably not be accepting new members.

Shared Airtime and Neutral Attention Out are ways of holding the space for differences and dissonances.

The divergence element of Convergence and Divergence rhythm is intended to encourage differences and dissonances as a means of gaining appreciation and new perspectives.

The space must often be held through cycles of divergence and convergence, and must accommodate dissonance and difference.

The on-site part of hosting starts with Opening and Welcome.  Then a  container is created by some combination of the host, sponsor, facilitator, etc.

Breaking Bread Together is an obvious part of hosting — everyone must eat, and doing so together presents an opportunity to nurture participants' sense of togetherness.

Aesthetics of Space is another part of hosting: the creation of a physical setting that appeals to the senses, puts our instincts at ease, and shows that someone cares.

Tending Relationships is central to hosting, keeping connections among people and among subgroups open and strong.

Subgroup and Whole Group, Fractal, and Divergence and Convergence Rhythm are subsets of Unity and Diversity; that is to say, they are part of its "Diversity." ;-)

Embrace Dissonance and Difference is different subset of it, focused on the value of the Diversity, just as Common Ground is a subset focused on Unity.

 

 

Witness with Compassion well is much easier if you have been Letting Go.