Spatial Positioning
Spatial positioning is the polling mechanism in which participants physically (in person) or digitally (virtual) move to a designated location corresponding to their chosen response. Spatial positioning produces visible cohort-wide distribution data and uses physical or digital movement as the commitment signal. The pattern is distinct from binary signals like Stand-Up / Sit-Down or graduated signals like Fist-of-Five in that each position is a named categorical option rather than a yes/no or a scale point. Four-Corners is the canonical spatial-positioning activity; variations include Spectrum activities (continuous-line positioning), Opinion Lines (scale-based positioning), and physical mapping exercises (positioning along two or more axes on a floor grid).
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- Four-Corners
Four-Corners is a real-time polling activity in which the workshop leader names four positions on a question and assigns each to a specific corner of the room (or a specific spatial zone in a shared…