Wellbeing North Star
Wellbeing North Star is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- At the beginning of the meeting, distribute plenty of pens and sticky notes (2 different colors) to your participants.
- For 5 - 10 minutes, have your players to write what they like about the aspects you wrote around the star. Tell them only to write their ideas on one color of sticky note.
- Ask players to jot down what they dislike about each aspect for the next 5 - 10 minutes, only writing on the other color of sticky note.
- When everyone is done writing their ideas, have each participant present their notes and post them under the respective aspects on the chart. Cluster all of the “likes” and “dislikes” together to make the results easier to understand.
- . At the beginning of the meeting, distribute plenty of pens and sticky notes (2 different colors) to your participants.
- . For 5 - 10 minutes, have your players to write what they like about the aspects you wrote around the star. Tell them only to write their ideas on one color of sticky note.
- . Ask players to jot down what they dislike about each aspect for the next 5 - 10 minutes, only writing on the other color of sticky note.
- . When everyone is done writing their ideas, have each participant present their notes and post them under the respective aspects on the chart. Cluster all of the “likes” and “dislikes” together to make the results easier to understand.
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Prompts to use +
For 5 - 10 minutes, have your players to write what they like about the aspects you wrote around the star. Tell them only to write their ideas on one color of sticky note.
Ask players to jot down what they dislike about each aspect for the next 5 - 10 minutes, only writing on the other color of sticky note.
When everyone is done writing their ideas, have each participant present their notes and post them under the respective aspects on the chart. Cluster all of the “likes” and “dislikes” together to make the results easier to understand.
. For 5 - 10 minutes, have your players to write what they like about the aspects you wrote around the star. Tell them only to write their ideas on one color of sticky note.
. Ask players to jot down what they dislike about each aspect for the next 5 - 10 minutes, only writing on the other color of sticky note.
. When everyone is done writing their ideas, have each participant present their notes and post them under the respective aspects on the chart. Cluster all of the “likes” and “dislikes” together to make the results easier to understand.
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Wellbeing North Star. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: For 5 - 10 minutes, have your players to write what they like about the aspects you wrote around the star. Tell them only to write their ideas on one color of sticky note.; Ask players to jot down what they dislike about each aspect for the next 5 - 10 minutes, only writing on the other color of sticky note.; When everyone is done writing their ideas, have each participant present their notes and post them under the respective aspects on the chart. Cluster all of the “likes” and “dislikes” together to make the results easier to understand.; . For 5 - 10 minutes, have your players to write what they like about the aspects you wrote around the star. Tell them only to write their ideas on one color of sticky note.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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