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n a reflective teamwork activity (RTA), the process and the content merge with each other. Participants work through an activity and use the outcomes to evaluate the process they used. Here's an RTA that explores challenges associated with losing and gaining team members in the midst of a project.
Missing Step
Cause and Effect Charting
A quick analysis to identify cause and effect of a problem
AIR Feedback Model
Constructive feedback is feedback regarding an individual’s performance that can be used to build (construct) connection, successful habits and behaviors. The constructive (building) component is key because with this mindset and approach, seemingly negative feedback doesn’t become discouraging. Rather, a launch pad for creating opportunities for learning and development.
Mix and mingle
Fun and easy sequence to be used with all types of groups of people (colleagues, team mates, new team, communities, random group of people, etc.)
World Cafe
The World Cafe is designed primarily to generate collective knowledge sharing, webs of personal relationships, and new possibilities for action.
A Day in the Life
Understand your users day-to-day. To better design for people, try shadowing them for a day. By observing someone in their own context, you'll notice details about their life - the way they engage with people, pr their routine - that you'd otherwise never see.
Buzz group
Gif Oracle
The group tells made-up fortunes inspired by a random gif
Rain icebreaker
This meeting icebreaker is a great energizer to do right before a break or coming back from a break, especially if you have stragglers
Think - Write - Share
Think-Write-Share (T-W-S) is designed to provide users a structured approach to critically think through any question and serves as a starting point for hearing all voices in any discussion. This tool is very effective for enabling critical and creative thinking.