Cross The Field - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy
Cross The Field - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- One participant goes to the middle of the field. They ask a question they can say “yes” to and is true about themselves. For example: “Have you ever been to London?”
- All participants who answer “Yes” move across the field to a “chair” that has become empty. The participant in the middle also moves, leaving one new participant in the middle.
- Rounds continue as needed for time or participation.
- For example: “Have you ever been to London?” All participants who answer “Yes” move across the field to a “chair” that has become empty.
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Prompts to use +
One participant goes to the middle of the field. They ask a question they can say “yes” to and is true about themselves. For example: “Have you ever been to London?”
All participants who answer “Yes” move across the field to a “chair” that has become empty. The participant in the middle also moves, leaving one new participant in the middle.
Rounds continue as needed for time or participation.
For example: “Have you ever been to London?” All participants who answer “Yes” move across the field to a “chair” that has become empty.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Cross The Field - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: One participant goes to the middle of the field. They ask a question they can say “yes” to and is true about themselves. For example: “Have you ever been to London?”; All participants who answer “Yes” move across the field to a “chair” that has become empty. The participant in the middle also moves, leaving one new participant in the middle.; Rounds continue as needed for time or participation.; For example: “Have you ever been to London?” All participants who answer “Yes” move across the field to a “chair” that has become empty.. 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 Knowmium; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Knowmium.)
- 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.
- Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.