Trust-Building Exercise Builds Confidence - Pathfinder Minefield
Trust-Building Exercise Builds Confidence - Pathfinder Minefield is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, randomly distribute a large number of soft items and objects on the floor/ground inside boundary ropes (approx 5 x 5 metres.)
- Invite one partner (per pair) to volunteer to be blindfolded.
- The objective for each pair is to guide the blindfolded person from one side of the bounded area to the other without touching any of the various items inside.
- The blindfolded person may only move based on the verbal directions of their partner.
- Any other (blindfolded) person is considered an obstacle too, ie cannot be touched.
- Allow each pair 2 to 5 minutes of planning time in advance of their first attempt.
- When ready, invite all pairs to begin their traverse.
- When a blindfolded person touches an item, they may start over or keep a tally of touches (aiming to keep the number of touches as low as possible.)
- Pathfinder Trust building exercise to develop communication skills.
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Prompts to use +
Invite one partner (per pair) to volunteer to be blindfolded.
The objective for each pair is to guide the blindfolded person from one side of the bounded area to the other without touching any of the various items inside.
The blindfolded person may only move based on the verbal directions of their partner.
Allow each pair 2 to 5 minutes of planning time in advance of their first attempt.
When ready, invite all pairs to begin their traverse.
When a blindfolded person touches an item, they may start over or keep a tally of touches (aiming to keep the number of touches as low as possible.)
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Trust-Building Exercise Builds Confidence - Pathfinder Minefield. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Invite one partner (per pair) to volunteer to be blindfolded.; The objective for each pair is to guide the blindfolded person from one side of the bounded area to the other without touching any of the various items inside.; The blindfolded person may only move based on the verbal directions of their partner.; Allow each pair 2 to 5 minutes of planning time in advance of their first attempt.. 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 Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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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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