History Map
History Map is a collaborative story building exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images:
- Always be aware of the level of institutional memory in the meeting. If you’re running a game that would work better with experienced employees, include them.
- Draw major events on the map beforehand to use as conversation starters.
- . Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images:
- Every individual will gain a shared idea of what the group has been through together.
- It’s also a great way to familiarize new people with an organization’s history and culture during periods of rapid growth.
- Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images: Always be aware of the level of institutional memory in the meeting.
- CollaborationCollaboratively create agendas in real-time.
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Prompts to use +
Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images:
Draw major events on the map beforehand to use as conversation starters.
. Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images:
Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images: Always be aware of the level of institutional memory in the meeting.
CollaborationCollaboratively create agendas in real-time.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: History Map. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images:; Draw major events on the map beforehand to use as conversation starters.; . Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images:; Ask questions to the group about the following, and build the history map by plotting their answers using text and images: Always be aware of the level of institutional memory in the meeting.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Gamestorming; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (2 sources observed, including Gamestorming, SessionLab.)
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- 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.