•“How many people have too many concerns to give this proposal a try for six months?”
•“How many people would leave the group if this proposal were adopted?”
•“How many of you would find it challenging to participate in this project if we adopted this proposal?”
•“How many of you have issues of significant integrity with regards to this proposal?”
•“How many of you are absolutely unwilling to live with this?”
•“How many of you have so much objection to this proposal as it currently stands that you are willing for the group to not reach a decision?”
•“For how many of you would it be too much of a stretch to accept this proposal?”
Medium threshold questions
• “How many of you see how this proposal can benefit the company and nonetheless are concerned about at least some aspects of it?”
• “How many of you have concerns about this proposal that might prevent you from accepting it?”
• “For how many of you would it be a stretch to accept this proposal?"“In this moment, how many of you have concerns about the proposal that are important for you to address?”
Low threshold questions
• “How many people have at least some aspect of the proposal that you’re not super happy with?”
• “How many have a sense that you might accept the proposal and yet it’s less than ideal for you?”
• “How many of you believe that your initial preference is better than having this proposal chosen?
• “How many people would have at least some disappointment if we adopted this?”
• “How many people have a different preference?”
• “How many people have concerns about this project?”
• “How many of you have at least some discomfort about this proposal?”
• “How many of you have some things you would ideally like us to discuss before agreeing to this proposal?”
• “How many of you have some tweaks that would make the proposal more acceptable to you?”
• “How many of you see a better way of addressing all the needs on the table than this proposal?”
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