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Meta Analysis

Weekly practice of analyzing our own calls against a theoretical frame to refine methodology.

Meta Analysis (Wiki)

Meta Analysis

The team's practice of turning its own recorded calls into structured, developmental feedback. Runs weekly, 26+ calls deep — team meetings, R&D sessions, client calls, strategic reviews.

Format — three sections per call

  • §1 Immediate post-meeting insights — read right after the call: core narrative, each participant's intent, topic-time allocation, speaking dynamics, emotional trajectory.
  • §2 Preparation for next meeting — what was missed, action items with owners, prep items, next agenda.
  • §3 Theoretical framework (optional depth) — a single school of thought (psychological, sociological, philosophical, art-theoretical) applied as a lens to this call. 2–3 key concepts, specific application, a predictive insight.

What the corpus has surfaced

  • Three developmental stages operating in a single hour — Stage 5 (Identity) / Stage 6 (Intimacy) / Stage 7 (Generativity) — explaining why a "simple marketing discussion" felt hard.
  • AoD vs. classical MCC — naming the methodological difference between our practice and classical coaching gave the team durable vocabulary.
  • Tempo drift — recurring failure mode where the team starts in Art-of-Dialogue (presence, co-seeing) and drifts into analysis/structure before the field has formed. Countermeasure: protect the first third as pure AoD.

Full write-up: Meta Analysis