Airplane metaphor game
Use the Miro voting feature to prioritize your challenges and check which ones are the most important for you as a team right now / Use red dots for voting for an in-person session.
How to run it
- For the in-person session: in a white space visible to the players (whiteboard/flipchart) draw a plane or print the template and stick it to the wall. The sticky notes which will be written will be placed on the picture in the respective areas.
- WHERE do we come from? What is the reason why we are here today, which challenges do we have right now? Collect them on sticky notes in silence. Take 5 minutes for this.
- Take silent time to read the sticky notes. Use the Miro voting feature to prioritize your challenges and check which ones are the most important for you as a team right now / Use red dots for voting for an in-person session. Take 5 minutes for this.
- WHO do we deliver value to? Which are the real users that will use what we deliver? Take 5 minutes to write down the main stakeholders.
- Then share what you wrote one after another. Take questions if they arrive. Take 1 minute per person for this.
- HOW do we steer? What are the roles that we take in this project and what we do need from each other? Take 5 minutes to write in silence sticky notes and then share your perspective in 2 minutes per person.
- WHAT gives us the power? What would help us reach this goal together better? Which are the motivators for us? Take 5 minutes to write on stickies in silence. Then share what you wrote in 1 minute per person.
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Prompts to use +
For the in-person session: in a white space visible to the players (whiteboard/flipchart) draw a plane or print the template and stick it to the wall. The sticky notes which will be written will be placed on the picture in the respective areas.
WHERE do we come from? What is the reason why we are here today, which challenges do we have right now? Collect them on sticky notes in silence. Take 5 minutes for this.
Take silent time to read the sticky notes. Use the Miro voting feature to prioritize your challenges and check which ones are the most important for you as a team right now / Use red dots for voting for an in-person session. Take 5 minutes for this.
WHO do we deliver value to? Which are the real users that will use what we deliver? Take 5 minutes to write down the main stakeholders.
Then share what you wrote one after another. Take questions if they arrive. Take 1 minute per person for this.
HOW do we steer? What are the roles that we take in this project and what we do need from each other? Take 5 minutes to write in silence sticky notes and then share your perspective in 2 minutes per person.
Run this with your AI assistant +
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Airplane metaphor game. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: For the in-person session: in a white space visible to the players (whiteboard/flipchart) draw a plane or print the template and stick it to the wall. The sticky notes which will be written will be placed on the picture in the respective areas.; WHERE do we come from? What is the reason why we are here today, which challenges do we have right now? Collect them on sticky notes in silence. Take 5 minutes for this.; Take silent time to read the sticky notes. Use the Miro voting feature to prioritize your challenges and check which ones are the most important for you as a team right now / Use red dots for voting for an in-person session. Take 5 minutes for this.; WHO do we deliver value to? Which are the real users that will use what we deliver? Take 5 minutes to write down the main stakeholders.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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