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Gates - Mission Critical: How to Spend Your Time

Hand each person or People Science group the Bill Gate Time Allocation Model Have each group or team fill it in If more guidance is needed, encourage teams to first discuss how they spend their time each day Reflect back on the past month and past year and share how they have allocated time and the results of their ef...

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
QuietENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Hand each person or People Science group the Bill Gate Time Allocation Model
  2. Have each group or team fill it in
  3. If more guidance is needed, encourage teams to first discuss how they spend their time each day
  4. Reflect back on the past month and past year and share how they have allocated time and the results of their efforts
  5. If more guidance is needed, encourage teams to first discuss how they
  6. Reflect back on the past month and past year and share how they have
  7. Put the model up on flip charts/white boards and have each person fill in their results so the whole room
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Hand each person or People Science group the Bill Gate Time Allocation Model

Have each group or team fill it in

If more guidance is needed, encourage teams to first discuss how they spend their time each day

Reflect back on the past month and past year and share how they have allocated time and the results of their efforts

If more guidance is needed, encourage teams to first discuss how they

Reflect back on the past month and past year and share how they have

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Gates - Mission Critical: How to Spend Your Time. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Hand each person or People Science group the Bill Gate Time Allocation Model; Have each group or team fill it in; If more guidance is needed, encourage teams to first discuss how they spend their time each day; Reflect back on the past month and past year and share how they have allocated time and the results of their efforts. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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