Observing Change
Observing Change is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned
- Your partners then tell you what
- you've changed, and vice versa Continue for another round if desired
- Observing Change Timing 5 15 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Remember "Spot the Difference" on the back of Highlights magazine?
- Process In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned .
- For one minute, look your partner V up and down and collect each element as a point of memory.
- Each person then turns around and changes 3 things about themselves.
- Debrief the thoughts, changes, energy, perspectives as a larger group.
- In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face, Each person says 3 words about.
- Each person is allowed to then pick one word for each person and ask a question surrounding that word and how it pertains to the person.
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In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned
Your partners then tell you what
you've changed, and vice versa Continue for another round if desired
Process In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned .
For one minute, look your partner V up and down and collect each element as a point of memory.
Each person then turns around and changes 3 things about themselves.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Observing Change. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned; Your partners then tell you what; you've changed, and vice versa Continue for another round if desired; Process In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned .. 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 Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
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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.
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