Pomodoro - What can YOU do in X Minutes
Pomodoro - What can YOU do in X Minutes 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
- Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break
- Set a timer for 25 minutes and start working you can you other times, but pomodoro default is 25
- Process Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break.
- Set a timer for 25 minutes and start working you can you other times, but pomodoro default is 25 2.
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Prompts to use +
Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break
Set a timer for 25 minutes and start working you can you other times, but pomodoro default is 25
Process Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break.
Set a timer for 25 minutes and start working you can you other times, but pomodoro default is 25 2.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Pomodoro - What can YOU do in X Minutes. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break; Set a timer for 25 minutes and start working you can you other times, but pomodoro default is 25; Process Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break.; Set a timer for 25 minutes and start working you can you other times, but pomodoro default is 25 2.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- 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.)
- What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
- 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.