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TGL: October 2010

TGL: October 2010 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), Pairs, Small group (4-8)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. (3 minutes) | Give the list of questions to each informant. Ask informants to get ready for the interviews. | Informants: Study the questions. Prepare suitable answers based on your personal experience and expertise.
  2. (5 minutes) | Send an informant to each team. Keep time. | Interview the expert. Take notes on the informant's responses to the two questions.
  3. (5 minutes) | Invite team members (and informants) to review the guidelines. | Walk around the room and review the guidelines.
  4. Follow up. | Type up all the guidelines and send them to the participants and the informants. Upload the guidelines to a web page. | Review the guidelines.
  5. Distribute instruction sheets to different teams. Include a list of five questions with two questions checked.
  6. Give the list of questions to each informant. Ask informants to get ready for the interviews.
  7. Informants: Study the questions. Prepare suitable answers based on your personal experience and expertise.
  8. Send an informant to each team. Keep time.
  9. Interview the expert. Take notes on the informant's responses to the two questions.
  10. Interview the other informants using the same two questions.
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Prompts to use +

(3 minutes) | Give the list of questions to each informant. Ask informants to get ready for the interviews. | Informants: Study the questions. Prepare suitable answers based on your personal experience and expertise.

(5 minutes) | Send an informant to each team. Keep time. | Interview the expert. Take notes on the informant's responses to the two questions.

(5 minutes) | Invite team members (and informants) to review the guidelines. | Walk around the room and review the guidelines.

Distribute instruction sheets to different teams. Include a list of five questions with two questions checked.

Give the list of questions to each informant. Ask informants to get ready for the interviews.

Informants: Study the questions. Prepare suitable answers based on your personal experience and expertise.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: TGL: October 2010. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: (3 minutes) | Give the list of questions to each informant. Ask informants to get ready for the interviews. | Informants: Study the questions. Prepare suitable answers based on your personal experience and expertise.; (5 minutes) | Send an informant to each team. Keep time. | Interview the expert. Take notes on the informant's responses to the two questions.; (5 minutes) | Invite team members (and informants) to review the guidelines. | Walk around the room and review the guidelines.; Distribute instruction sheets to different teams. Include a list of five questions with two questions checked.. 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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