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Practitioners in the field, whether working with projects, people, or situations, are aided in decision-making by gathering information that has been already created, developed, and utilized. We can do this by conversing with others, reflecting on our own thoughts/experiences, noticing effects and patterns, and seeking variety/diversity.

We sometimes have very targeted questions, other times more general questions, and other times we may switch our questions once we are engaged in the process. We may connect with ‘insiders’ to the issues or we may solicit relative outsiders to gain some breadth or fresh views. New information often influences our question and we might revise it as we integrate the information we are gathering. You can see that we have already jumped ahead into the making sense part of the process, because it is hard for us not to think about new information and organize it as we take it in. This crisscrossing of these initiatives moves smoothly because they are all part of the process of engaging with our worlds – they are tools that are utilized as the situation or issue-at-hand indicates. They are chosen and utilized as the situation merits. Some issues may require more of the different components we have at our disposal (‘tools in the toolbox’).