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Relationship Mapping · Closure and Transfer

Day In The Life Of (DILO) • WorkshopBank

Day In The Life Of (DILO) • WorkshopBank is a relationship mapping exercise for closure and transfer: it helps participants close the session and carry learning into the next action.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Follow Through This closure and transfer exercise strengthens Follow Through, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Choose whether to run a Day-in-the-Life (DILO) or Week-in-the-Life (WILO).
  2. Purpose is to help them achieve greater job satisfaction.
  3. Results are 100% confidential and won’t be used in reviews.
  4. A technique to map a “Day In the Life Of” a role or group of roles.
  5. Objectives To document the entire set of activities for a member of staff/role holder.
  6. To provide a high-touch way of showing the extent of someone’s role.
  7. But improve we must because those who identify as having a poor work-life balance are more likely to experience problems in their relationships, health and overall happiness.
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Prompts to use +

Choose whether to run a Day-in-the-Life (DILO) or Week-in-the-Life (WILO).

A technique to map a “Day In the Life Of” a role or group of roles.

Objectives To document the entire set of activities for a member of staff/role holder.

To provide a high-touch way of showing the extent of someone’s role.

But improve we must because those who identify as having a poor work-life balance are more likely to experience problems in their relationships, health and overall happiness.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Day In The Life Of (DILO) • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Choose whether to run a Day-in-the-Life (DILO) or Week-in-the-Life (WILO).; A technique to map a “Day In the Life Of” a role or group of roles.; Objectives To document the entire set of activities for a member of staff/role holder.; To provide a high-touch way of showing the extent of someone’s role.. 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 WorkshopBank; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including WorkshopBank.)
  • 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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