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Simple Decision-Making Exercise That Empowers Choice - You Choose

Simple Decision-Making Exercise That Empowers Choice - You Choose is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

Under 5 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High 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. You Choose Simple decision-making exercise that empowers group choice.
  2. You Choose is a quick and easy decision-making model that streamlines group planning to prevent lengthy discussions.
  3. The activity builds consensus, shared ownership, and efficient group processes while ensuring everyone’s voice is heard in determining preferred outcomes and directions.
  4. Write a list of possible activities/outcomes on flip-chart paper.
  5. Using a marker, invite each person in your group to mark a tick next to a limited number of options, eg a maximum of three.
  6. The option(s) that receive the most number of votes are recorded as the favourite.
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Prompts to use +

You Choose Simple decision-making exercise that empowers group choice.

You Choose is a quick and easy decision-making model that streamlines group planning to prevent lengthy discussions.

The activity builds consensus, shared ownership, and efficient group processes while ensuring everyone’s voice is heard in determining preferred outcomes and directions.

Write a list of possible activities/outcomes on flip-chart paper.

Using a marker, invite each person in your group to mark a tick next to a limited number of options, eg a maximum of three.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Simple Decision-Making Exercise That Empowers Choice - You Choose. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: ; You Choose Simple decision-making exercise that empowers group choice.; You Choose is a quick and easy decision-making model that streamlines group planning to prevent lengthy discussions.; The activity builds consensus, shared ownership, and efficient group processes while ensuring everyone’s voice is heard in determining preferred outcomes and directions.. 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 Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
  • 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.
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