Group Energiser & Perspective-Changing Exercise - Paradigm Shift
Group Energiser & Perspective-Changing Exercise - Paradigm Shift is a structured group exercise for context sharing: it helps participants share useful personal or project context.
How to run it
- Invite your group to look at the ceiling directly above them and imagine the face of a clock.
- Instruct each person to extend their pointer finger (palm facing to them) towards the 12 o’clock position.
- Ask them to move their finger slowly in a clockwise direction around the clock face to form a large circle above their head.
- Continue to move their finger clockwise while slowly lowering their hand (and rotating in the same horizontal plane) below the height of their shoulders.
- Keep rotating one’s finger several more times.
- Ask your group to observe the direction of their movements, ie the finger will now be moving anti-clockwise.
- Invite your group to reflect on why the direction of their rotating fingers changed.
- Paradigm Shift Perspective-changing exercise to demonstrate how viewpoints can shift unexpectedly.
- Paradigm Shift uses simple hand movements to illustrate how the same action can appear completely different from various angles.
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Prompts to use +
Invite your group to look at the ceiling directly above them and imagine the face of a clock.
Ask them to move their finger slowly in a clockwise direction around the clock face to form a large circle above their head.
Continue to move their finger clockwise while slowly lowering their hand (and rotating in the same horizontal plane) below the height of their shoulders.
Ask your group to observe the direction of their movements, ie the finger will now be moving anti-clockwise.
Invite your group to reflect on why the direction of their rotating fingers changed.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Group Energiser & Perspective-Changing Exercise - Paradigm Shift. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Invite your group to look at the ceiling directly above them and imagine the face of a clock.; Ask them to move their finger slowly in a clockwise direction around the clock face to form a large circle above their head.; Continue to move their finger clockwise while slowly lowering their hand (and rotating in the same horizontal plane) below the height of their shoulders.; Ask your group to observe the direction of their movements, ie the finger will now be moving anti-clockwise.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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