By focussing on consensus, he argued, the parties made decisions based on the lowest common denominator.
Future research should focus on consensus using gold standard measures and research designs.
While appreciating the value of manifold perspectives in complex and controversial issues, the role of foresight is understood "as a space for dialogue and exploration in contested territory, focusing on consensus and conflicts".
Collaboration was perceived as positive (e.g., feels involved, focus on consensus), but a starting process.
Reviews or meta-reviews that exclusively focussed on consensus procedures or consensus-based guidelines were not included (e.g. [ 15- 17]).
Obama's approach has been muted and focuses on consensus-building and compromise, a strategy suited to passing legislation through the Senate, but which has also resulted in a limping Frankenstein-monster healthcare bill loaded with taxpayer subsidies for private industry and containing a stripped-down and nearly impotent version of the public option.
"You can't have a concert every weekend". The Wall Street protesters' lack of leadership and focus on consensus-building has help bring together people with different perspectives, but it's also created some tension.
Resourcing for our trial allowed for treatment on the day of ET and one additional treatment, questions focused on gaining consensus for style, timing and acupuncture points for this treatment protocol.
Many Democrats, and some Senate Republicans, believe the only legislation that has a whisper of a chance of passing would be bills that are tightly focused on more consensus elements like enhancing background checks or limits on magazines, subjected to debate in committee and then brought to a vote after building bipartisan support.
Standardization work, on the other hand, typically involves conceptual, technical, and political activities that together are focused on achieving consensus among a group of stakeholders.
STORYTELLING: buyer focused on building consensus about the operating and strategic opportunities from the deal, using financial analyses to facilitate discussion even though no one believed the specific numbers that the quantitative tools generated.
