Business Books
Business Books is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Pass out copies of a book to each of your People Science teams one copy per person on the team - or
- photocopies are various chapters of the same book If you have a 100 person gathering, you can easily cover 20 books in 5 person teams
- If you don't pass out entire books, passing out the summaries offered at the sites below is also a viable
- Ask the participants to divide the book into chapters and have each person read a chapter using the
- After everyone finishes the chapter, share and discuss the entire books offerings
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Pass out copies of a book to each of your People Science teams one copy per person on the team - or
photocopies are various chapters of the same book If you have a 100 person gathering, you can easily cover 20 books in 5 person teams
If you don't pass out entire books, passing out the summaries offered at the sites below is also a viable
Ask the participants to divide the book into chapters and have each person read a chapter using the
After everyone finishes the chapter, share and discuss the entire books offerings
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Business Books. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Pass out copies of a book to each of your People Science teams one copy per person on the team - or; photocopies are various chapters of the same book If you have a 100 person gathering, you can easily cover 20 books in 5 person teams; If you don't pass out entire books, passing out the summaries offered at the sites below is also a viable; Ask the participants to divide the book into chapters and have each person read a chapter using the. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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