Switch
Switch is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- A four-square court or four cones forming a square and one additional cone in the middle.
- Five players at a time. Each player occupies a corner or the middle.
- Play begins when the person in the middle says “Switch”.
- All players must find a new corner/cone to occupy. No player can go to the center cone.
- If two players arrive at the corner at the same time a quick rock-paper-scissors is played, winner stays.
- The next person in line, become the person in the middle and begins the next round.
- All methods All authors IAF Library Library Switch 17 20 n a reflective teamwork activity (RTA), the process and the content merge with each other.
- Participants work through an activity and use the outcomes to evaluate the process they used.
- When the word “switch” is shouted (or a bell rung), the players switch to playing their scene partner’s character, mimicking their partner’s mannerisms and intent.
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Prompts to use +
Play begins when the person in the middle says “Switch”.
All players must find a new corner/cone to occupy. No player can go to the center cone.
All methods All authors IAF Library Library Switch 17 20 n a reflective teamwork activity (RTA), the process and the content merge with each other.
Participants work through an activity and use the outcomes to evaluate the process they used.
When the word “switch” is shouted (or a bell rung), the players switch to playing their scene partner’s character, mimicking their partner’s mannerisms and intent.
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Switch. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Play begins when the person in the middle says “Switch”.; All players must find a new corner/cone to occupy. No player can go to the center cone.; All methods All authors IAF Library Library Switch 17 20 n a reflective teamwork activity (RTA), the process and the content merge with each other.; Participants work through an activity and use the outcomes to evaluate the process they used.. 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 Playworks; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (2 sources observed, including Playworks, SessionLab.)
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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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