Stacking Books - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy
Stacking Books - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy is a collaborative story building exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Show participants your example stack of books and any example explanation you’d like them to give (revealing personal interests, interpreting the sequence, creating a story, etc.).
- Ask participants to collect books from their location (ideally their home or office) and stack them in a self-chosen sequence.
- Ask participants to share their stack of books with the group. Sharing via webcam is quick. Uploading photos is another option.
- Continue the activity with the talking points you’ve arranged and debrief takeaways as needed.
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Prompts to use +
Show participants your example stack of books and any example explanation you’d like them to give (revealing personal interests, interpreting the sequence, creating a story, etc.).
Ask participants to collect books from their location (ideally their home or office) and stack them in a self-chosen sequence.
Ask participants to share their stack of books with the group. Sharing via webcam is quick. Uploading photos is another option.
Continue the activity with the talking points you’ve arranged and debrief takeaways as needed.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Stacking Books - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Show participants your example stack of books and any example explanation you’d like them to give (revealing personal interests, interpreting the sequence, creating a story, etc.).; Ask participants to collect books from their location (ideally their home or office) and stack them in a self-chosen sequence.; Ask participants to share their stack of books with the group. Sharing via webcam is quick. Uploading photos is another option.; Continue the activity with the talking points you’ve arranged and debrief takeaways as needed.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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