Perspective Finger Pointing
Perspective Finger Pointing is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Tell participants to point their index finger to the ceiling with their arm raised
- Ask "What direction is your finger spinning now?"
- Perspective Finger Pointing Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Use this exercise to discover the simplest perspective change of all.
- Process Tell participants to point their index finger to the ceiling with their arm raised.
- Use this exercise to discover the simplest perspective change of all.
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Prompts to use +
Tell participants to point their index finger to the ceiling with their arm raised
Ask "What direction is your finger spinning now?"
Perspective Finger Pointing Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Use this exercise to discover the simplest perspective change of all.
Process Tell participants to point their index finger to the ceiling with their arm raised.
Use this exercise to discover the simplest perspective change of all.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Perspective Finger Pointing. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Tell participants to point their index finger to the ceiling with their arm raised; Ask "What direction is your finger spinning now?"; Perspective Finger Pointing Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Use this exercise to discover the simplest perspective change of all.; Process Tell participants to point their index finger to the ceiling with their arm raised.. 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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