Sex Ed Cards
Sex Ed Cards is a prompted conversation exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Remember your junior high sex ed class where the teacher passed around cards and let everyone write down the burning question they had about sex?
- Except switch out sex ed and fill in "tough", "politically unsafe", "funny corporate traditions", "cultures", or "elephants."
- Then have the facilitator answer the questions as an ignorant outsider giving a third party outside view of this question" or have the main boss give honest answers
- Process Remember your junior high sex ed class where the teacher passed around cards and let everyone write down the burning question they had about sex?
- Except switch out sex ed and fill in "tough", "politically unsafe", "funny corporate traditions", "cultures", or "elephants." Then have the facilitator answer the questions as an ignorant outsider giving a third party outside view of this question" or have the main boss give honest answers Logistics Index cards and pens for everyone.
- really hard and serious questions asked If you have a few "experts" in the room, this can be done in various small groups.
- Split the questions into a few piles and address the questions throughout the day.
- Allow many people to pick the cards and share them unless the facilitator is really good of course!
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Prompts to use +
Remember your junior high sex ed class where the teacher passed around cards and let everyone write down the burning question they had about sex?
Except switch out sex ed and fill in "tough", "politically unsafe", "funny corporate traditions", "cultures", or "elephants."
Then have the facilitator answer the questions as an ignorant outsider giving a third party outside view of this question" or have the main boss give honest answers
Process Remember your junior high sex ed class where the teacher passed around cards and let everyone write down the burning question they had about sex?
Except switch out sex ed and fill in "tough", "politically unsafe", "funny corporate traditions", "cultures", or "elephants." Then have the facilitator answer the questions as an ignorant outsider giving a third party outside view of this question" or have the main boss give honest answers Logistics Index cards and pens for everyone.
really hard and serious questions asked If you have a few "experts" in the room, this can be done in various small groups.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Sex Ed Cards. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Remember your junior high sex ed class where the teacher passed around cards and let everyone write down the burning question they had about sex?; Except switch out sex ed and fill in "tough", "politically unsafe", "funny corporate traditions", "cultures", or "elephants."; Then have the facilitator answer the questions as an ignorant outsider giving a third party outside view of this question" or have the main boss give honest answers; Process Remember your junior high sex ed class where the teacher passed around cards and let everyone write down the burning question they had about sex?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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