What I Need From You (WINFY)
What I Need From You (WINFY) is a circle dialogue exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- All spokespersons gather in a circle in the middle of the room.
- One by one, spokespersons state their two needs to each of the other spokespersons around the circle. At this stage, spokespersons take notes of requests, but no one gives answers or responses. 15 min.
- Addressing one spokesperson in the group at a time, every spokesperson in the circle repeats the requests made by him or her, then shares his or her responses (yes, no, I will try, or whatever). No discussion! No elaboration! 10 min.
- Debrief with What, So What, Now What? 15 min.
- Practice asking for what functions and/or individuals need
- Reestablish and/or improve communication inside functional clusters
- All methods All authors IAF Library Library What I Need From You (WINFY) 1952 895 People working in different functions and disciplines can quickly improve how they ask each other for what they need to be successful.
- You can mend misunderstandings or dissolve prejudices developed over time by demystifying what group members need in order to achieve common goals.
- Addressing one spokesperson in the group at a time, every spokesperson in the circle repeats the requests made by him or her, then shares his or her responses (yes, no, I will try, or whatever).
- CollaborationCollaboratively create agendas in real-time.
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Addressing one spokesperson in the group at a time, every spokesperson in the circle repeats the requests made by him or her, then shares his or her responses (yes, no, I will try, or whatever). No discussion! No elaboration! 10 min.
Debrief with What, So What, Now What? 15 min.
All methods All authors IAF Library Library What I Need From You (WINFY) 1952 895 People working in different functions and disciplines can quickly improve how they ask each other for what they need to be successful.
Addressing one spokesperson in the group at a time, every spokesperson in the circle repeats the requests made by him or her, then shares his or her responses (yes, no, I will try, or whatever).
CollaborationCollaboratively create agendas in real-time.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: What I Need From You (WINFY). Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Addressing one spokesperson in the group at a time, every spokesperson in the circle repeats the requests made by him or her, then shares his or her responses (yes, no, I will try, or whatever). No discussion! No elaboration! 10 min.; Debrief with What, So What, Now What? 15 min.; All methods All authors IAF Library Library What I Need From You (WINFY) 1952 895 People working in different functions and disciplines can quickly improve how they ask each other for what they need to be successful.; Addressing one spokesperson in the group at a time, every spokesperson in the circle repeats the requests made by him or her, then shares his or her responses (yes, no, I will try, or whatever).. 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 Liberating Structures; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (2 sources observed, including Liberating Structures, SessionLab.)
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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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