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Three of the four focus group sessions are finished and we have numerous themes that run between the sessions. I’ll hold on themes for now, to give the folks who attend the North Central focus group a chance to weigh in without external input. However, one of the theme that I feared would materialize simply hasn’t.
In the first focus session held in Wichita, I had a chance to sit in as Kathleen led the group through the first parts of the focus group session. One of the words that I heard several times from attendees was the word “easy.” I’ll confess that when I heard that word surface so early in the process I shuddered at what we had gotten ourselves into.
Yet, despite that fact that the “easy” word surfaced early, it didn’t survive the process. Three focus groups into the four planned, “easy” isn’t on the list of concerns. Successful. Meaningful. Accountable. Engaging. Well taught. Realistic. All of these words rise to the surface. I now suspect that when we use the word “easy”, what we really mean is successful. In all ways. For all people involved.
And that gives me a great deal of hope.
