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Team Reflection ยท Reflection and Learning

TGL: August 2008

TGL: August 2008 is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 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. Can we derive useful insights through a discussion of the experience?
  2. Emotional experiences such as an intense drama on TV or a news segment about a major disaster.
  3. Intensive team activities such as beating a tight deadline for submitting a proposal.
  4. Real-world traumas such as a death in the family.
  5. Tool Kit Debriefing Games Five games to play after the game.
  6. Jolt Principles Serial Jolts Repeat, repeat.
  7. Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve human performance in an effective, efficient, and enjoyable way.
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Prompts to use +

Tool Kit Debriefing Games Five games to play after the game.

Jolt Principles Serial Jolts Repeat, repeat.

Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve human performance in an effective, efficient, and enjoyable way.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: TGL: August 2008. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Tool Kit Debriefing Games Five games to play after the game.; Jolt Principles Serial Jolts Repeat, repeat.; Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve human performance in an effective, efficient, and enjoyable way.. 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 The Thiagi Group; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including The Thiagi Group.)
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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.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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