This is a popular game that simulates the ‘theory of constraints’ by flipping coins.
Thirty-Five
I was introduced to this technique by Xavier Quesada Allue who told me he learned it from Tobias Mayer. A reference to this can also be found in Jean Tabaka’s book: Collaboration Explained (p207) entitled “Pass The Cards” Timing: 10-15 minutes Materials: A minimum of 8 people, and an even number of people Anything that you want to prioritise, written on separate cards One card…
Destroy
This exercise was co-created as part of a collaboration day between myself and Paul Goddard and was inspired by the TV series “Jamie’s Dream School”. The episode this refers to can be found here Timing: 30-45 minutes Materials: Scissors Glue-sticks Magazines Colouring pens/paints Coloured paper Other art/craft materials Digital Camera and Printer (or pre-printed head and shoulders photographs of team members) Instructions: Take a ‘head-and-shoulders’…
Video Reframing
This exercise was co-created as part of a collaboration day between myself and Paul Goddard Timing: 30-45 minutes Materials: Thought-provoking video and the AV equipment to play it to the team Instructions: The idea of this “game” is to play the team a short, thought-provoking video and ask the team to reflect on it in their context. Excellent as a retrospective technique. One of our…
Upside Downside
This exercise was co-created as part of a collaboration day between myself and Paul Goddard Timing: 30-45 minutes (depending upon the complexity, emotion or controversy around the topic) Materials: None Instructions: This is typically used in retrospectives but could be used by teams to critique or evaluate potential options at any time. Split the group into two even-sized sub-groups One of the sub-groups has the…