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Observing Change

Observing Change is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Pairs, Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium 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. In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned
  2. Your partners then tell you what
  3. you've changed, and vice versa Continue for another round if desired
  4. Observing Change Timing 5 15 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Remember "Spot the Difference" on the back of Highlights magazine?
  5. Process In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face ideally, People Science assigned .
  6. For one minute, look your partner V up and down and collect each element as a point of memory.
  7. Each person then turns around and changes 3 things about themselves.
  8. Debrief the thoughts, changes, energy, perspectives as a larger group.
  9. In pairs or threes, stand face-to-face, Each person says 3 words about.
  10. 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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