Team Navigation Challenge for Building Trust - Group Compass Walk
Team Navigation Challenge for Building Trust - Group Compass Walk is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Position your group at one end or edge of a wide open space.
- Nominate a specific object at the opposite end of the space, approx 50 to 100 metres away, eg a tree, door.
- Group aims to walk in a straight line to this object with their eyes closed, stopping just short of the object.
- Group must remain in total physical contact with one another at all times.
- Group may stop and start as often they choose along their journey, and may communicate (with eyes closed) at all times.
- Upon reaching its target, ask your group to keep their eyes closed and, as individuals, point in the direction of where they personally believe the object is situated.
- Finally, ask everyone to open their eyes.
- Group Compass Walk Team navigation challenge to build trust & communication.
- Group Compass Walk is a team navigation challenge that creates powerful moments of trust for groups as they quickly discover how important listening becomes when visual cues are removed.
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Group may stop and start as often they choose along their journey, and may communicate (with eyes closed) at all times.
Upon reaching its target, ask your group to keep their eyes closed and, as individuals, point in the direction of where they personally believe the object is situated.
Finally, ask everyone to open their eyes.
Group Compass Walk Team navigation challenge to build trust & communication.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Team Navigation Challenge for Building Trust - Group Compass Walk. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Group may stop and start as often they choose along their journey, and may communicate (with eyes closed) at all times.; Upon reaching its target, ask your group to keep their eyes closed and, as individuals, point in the direction of where they personally believe the object is situated.; Finally, ask everyone to open their eyes.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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