At the end of the Thinking Together exercise, there must be a return to the overarching Task...

START Boundaries.

In this respect is is helpful to remember the START boundaries of around any task (these are described at KeepingYourBearings).

• Space
• Time
• Authority
• Responsibility
• Task

The Task in Thinking Together

All Thinking Together has a task that relates back to the search for some kind of product (a decision, an intervention, an understanding, etc) that offers promise as help for the client/family.

The previous stages are a DELIBERATE SUSPENSION of this task-focus..

To enable what we refer to as "the curious exploratory play of ideas..."

So to end the exercise there must be a return to this purpose.

If no progress is made...

If a decision cannot be made, or an understanding is not reached, etc, then the practitioners will decide if the RiskAssessment is at a level that leaves them "quorate" (see Reflective Quorum) to make decisions about postponing this decision, or if widening the Quorum is required right now, and who else might be required to advance the management of this problem. They may need to resort to formal SupervisoryStructures and/or EmergencyProcedures, or they may be able to agree a process to carry forwards their thinking to, say, one of the next Team Meetings.