Exercises/Convergent Decision-Making

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Exercises for Convergent Decision-Making

Structured voting, matrices, or ranking tools help a group move from many options to one shared decision or priority. Reach for one when discussion has surfaced enough ideas and the group now needs to choose.

Explore exercises grouped by theme. Read each run sheet to check the task, group size and setting before choosing.

72 exercises

Fist to Five

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

Everybody Up

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

1-2-4-All

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Mapping Complexity with a Fishbone Diagram

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Dot Voting

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

20/20 Vision

General Collaboration Exercise · 60+ minutes

Mitch Lacey Team Prioritization

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

The Ladder of Abstraction

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Guess the Number

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Understanding Values in Context

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Mini Habits

Applied Improv · 5 to 15 minutes

Community Auction

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

Critical Thinking in Discussions

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Working the Room

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

Four Corners

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Graphic Gameplan

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Aristotle's Cafe

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Agreement-Certainty Matching Matrix

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Pie Chart Agenda

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

How Might We (HMW)

Personal Disclosure · 15 to 30 minutes

Corporate Jinx

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Dot Voting

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

100 Dollar Test

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

Confidence Vote

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Ignite Workshop

Personal Disclosure · 60+ minutes

Merrill Covey Matrix

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Bring Your Own Dashboard

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

Sort and Mingle

Arrival Check-In · 5 to 15 minutes

The Anti-Problem

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Multi-Voting

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

RACI Matrix

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

You Choose

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

The Role of Values in Collaborative Discussion

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Crosswords at the Expo

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

Personal Kanban Setup

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

The Iceberg Model

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Recognizing Power Imbalances in Decision Making

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Post-Up

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Stakeholder Analysis

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Decision Matrix

General Collaboration Exercise · 60+ minutes

Why It Won't Work

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

One Minute Sentence

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

Wise Crowds

Personal Disclosure · 15 to 30 minutes

Walk, Talk, Decide

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Keep, Stop, Start Behaviours

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Gradients of Agreement

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

RACI Matrix Mapping

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Perception Scale

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Guided Notes

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

Twenty One

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Fishbowl Discussion

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

Option Analysis: Opportunities and Challenges

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Data-Driven Decisions Canvas

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

Decision Maze

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Give-and-Take Matrix

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Integrated Autonomy

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Consent-Based Decision-Making

Applied Improv · 30 to 60 minutes

Group Order

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Five Finger Contract

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Triumphs, Challenges, Opportunities, and Recognition

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Consensogram

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

Who/What/When Matrix

Name Learning · 15 to 30 minutes

Open Fishbowl Discussion

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

Collaborative Goal Setting

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Culture Book Values Workshop

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Team Decision Matrix

Psychological Safety Opener · 30 to 60 minutes

Red:Green Cards

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Dot Voting

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

Pass Clap

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

My Day Backwards

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

73 Questions

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

Iron Chef Menu Challenge

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

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