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Relationship Mapping

Use Existing Models to Your Heart’s Content

Increase creative divergence and help the group generate or connect ideas.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Pairs, Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Network Design This relationship mapping exercise strengthens Network Design, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Applying People Science to any game or model is easy
  2. Just remember, the most important determiner of success, whether you have the right model or strategy is the interconnections of the people involved
  3. Links to some of the best models and games to play for the content of your gathering
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Prompts to use +

Applying People Science to any game or model is easy

Just remember, the most important determiner of success, whether you have the right model or strategy is the interconnections of the people involved

Links to some of the best models and games to play for the content of your gathering

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Use Existing Models to Your Heart’s Content. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Applying People Science to any game or model is easy; Just remember, the most important determiner of success, whether you have the right model or strategy is the interconnections of the people involved; Links to some of the best models and games to play for the content of your gathering. 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 Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
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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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