4 Phrase Resume
4 Phrase Resume is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- As players/participants enter the room or begin the round/exercise, they spend four minutes writing their
- What each person chooses to write about in their 4 phrases is part of the exercise since participants tend to focus on vastly different or scarily similar elements In People Science groups or if PS teams are unavailable, groups of two to four participants then review
- each others' resumes and discuss intriguing pieces or questions The group should then try to identify common history and background e.g., previous companies, people
- they know, skills, experiences, hobbies, education Document this information and pass to knowledge weaver
- The information should then be built into the
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Prompts to use +
As players/participants enter the room or begin the round/exercise, they spend four minutes writing their
What each person chooses to write about in their 4 phrases is part of the exercise since participants tend to focus on vastly different or scarily similar elements In People Science groups or if PS teams are unavailable, groups of two to four participants then review
each others' resumes and discuss intriguing pieces or questions The group should then try to identify common history and background e.g., previous companies, people
they know, skills, experiences, hobbies, education Document this information and pass to knowledge weaver
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: 4 Phrase Resume. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: As players/participants enter the room or begin the round/exercise, they spend four minutes writing their; What each person chooses to write about in their 4 phrases is part of the exercise since participants tend to focus on vastly different or scarily similar elements In People Science groups or if PS teams are unavailable, groups of two to four participants then review; each others' resumes and discuss intriguing pieces or questions The group should then try to identify common history and background e.g., previous companies, people; they know, skills, experiences, hobbies, education Document this information and pass to knowledge weaver. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
- What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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