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Relationship Mapping

Engineering Serendipity - LIVE

Engineering Serendipity - LIVE is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Network Design This relationship mapping exercise strengthens Network Design, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Have each participant fill out the People Science survey on their smartphone
  2. have the participants go to the teams the TeamBuilder assigns them Complete another PS Exercise or simply allow the PS Group to meet several times over the course of the
  3. gathering and provide ways for them to stay connected
  4. Engineering Serendipity LIVE Timing 15 30 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Highlight the use of People Science by showcasing the survey and team building process.
  5. Process Have each participant fill out the People Science survey on their smartphone.
  6. gathering and provide ways for them to stay connected Logistics Pre-defined People Science Survey.
  7. Understanding of how to use the People Science Team Builder.
  8. Cool Possibilities/Options Have participants discuss the topics by which they were connected or whatever other topic at hand.
  9. 30 minutes, serendipity, small groups, team, team building, understanding People Science 151
  10. Highlight the use of People Science by showcasing the survey and team building
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Prompts to use +

Have each participant fill out the People Science survey on their smartphone

have the participants go to the teams the TeamBuilder assigns them Complete another PS Exercise or simply allow the PS Group to meet several times over the course of the

gathering and provide ways for them to stay connected

Engineering Serendipity LIVE Timing 15 30 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Highlight the use of People Science by showcasing the survey and team building process.

Process Have each participant fill out the People Science survey on their smartphone.

gathering and provide ways for them to stay connected Logistics Pre-defined People Science Survey.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Engineering Serendipity - LIVE. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Have each participant fill out the People Science survey on their smartphone; have the participants go to the teams the TeamBuilder assigns them Complete another PS Exercise or simply allow the PS Group to meet several times over the course of the; gathering and provide ways for them to stay connected; Engineering Serendipity LIVE Timing 15 30 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Highlight the use of People Science by showcasing the survey and team building process.. 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.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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