The real name of this jolt is Proactive Planning, but using that name will give away the key point that we want players to discover. Presented as a word game, this jolt lulls lures players to go after immediate gains in a mindless fashion only to regret the action later.
This exercise can be used as a warm-up for project and other planning processes. It can also be used in team building.
Most teams, regardless of size, can access data measuring their progress towards goals. Use this group activity to validate the strategic alignment of your KPIs, understand the relationships between them, and brainstorm tests you can perform to validate both.
While it is admirable to share our gratitude and good feelings with others, we rarely stop to think about what giving others our gratitude can do for us. As it turns out, it does quite a lot for our brains, resilience, and mental well-being.
Organize the day's meeting by co-creating and assigning roles among participants.
Discuss many different topics in a structured and fair way.
In pairs, players mirror one another's movements.
Fishbone diagrams show the causes of a specific event.
The objectives are to build group member relationships through verbal and nonverbal cue-sensing and effective adaptation to others' displayed emotions through entertaining and nonthreatening skits.
I dread the moment when people ask me, “What do you do?” I don't know how to explain that I am a performance technologist, or an instructional designer, or a facilitator. So I cheat by saying that I am a trainer.
Here's an activity that helps you become more fluent in explaining what you do for a living.
Easy and fun way to review content or atmosphere at the end of a group activity (or in between) in 5 minutes.
