Mandela Strategies
Mandela Strategies is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Take 10 minutes to read the Madela Strategies in the article below
- In your People Science teams discuss
- How does this apply to your work today?■ Does this affect how you perceive your work and the challenges you face?■ What projects have you been on in the past where these strategies would have helped?■ Most importantly, use this conversation to deepen the relationships of the people in each group
- Logistics Printed copy of the below Mandela Strategies for each person Cool Possibilities/Options Role play.
- Have one person in a people science group lead the discussion as if he/she were Mandela.
- asking questions and giving advice Make the exercise two rounds based on the discussion/each person"s response to questions, try to match.
- people who have similar answers in different groups.
- to person B from Group 7, match them up to re-answer or go deeper on the Mandela strategies.
- Capture summary of each person"s response.
- 30 minutes, change, discussion, Mandela, small groups, strategies Source KWWS // 0DQGHOD s Five Strategies from Davos As global leaders met for the penul...
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Take 10 minutes to read the Madela Strategies in the article below
In your People Science teams discuss
How does this apply to your work today?■ Does this affect how you perceive your work and the challenges you face?■ What projects have you been on in the past where these strategies would have helped?■ Most importantly, use this conversation to deepen the relationships of the people in each group
Logistics Printed copy of the below Mandela Strategies for each person Cool Possibilities/Options Role play.
Have one person in a people science group lead the discussion as if he/she were Mandela.
asking questions and giving advice Make the exercise two rounds based on the discussion/each person"s response to questions, try to match.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Mandela Strategies. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Take 10 minutes to read the Madela Strategies in the article below; In your People Science teams discuss; How does this apply to your work today?■ Does this affect how you perceive your work and the challenges you face?■ What projects have you been on in the past where these strategies would have helped?■ Most importantly, use this conversation to deepen the relationships of the people in each group; Logistics Printed copy of the below Mandela Strategies for each person Cool Possibilities/Options Role play.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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