This is a thought provoking exercise that works well to illustrate an individual's unconscious bias. We use the remote delivery version at the beginning of a 2 hour virtual module as a soft intro to what can be a very sensitive topic and what we've found is that, in creating the shopping list and then identifying the objects, participants quickly start to acknowledge how their own assumptions have influenced them, which opens them up to understanding where these come from and ultimately raising awareness. It's possible to do this without a polling tool as well, if there isn't one available. Typing the number into chat or calling it out works as well (depending on numbers). If you're looking for a virtual module to raise awareness that Unconscious Bias exists in all of us, this is a great one to use.
Debbie McNamara
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This is an excellent exercise which allows participants to quickly identify their feelings towards change, how these are impacted by the limited information / unrealistic expectations and to then link these feelings towards a wider discussion about Change Management. It's a quick fun exercise, very easy to run and debrief on it's on as an intro to Change Management, or can be used to introduce a longer module. The times I've used it, it's always had a great result with delegates and raised the energy in the room as well.
Debbie McNamara
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This is one of my favourite exercises! So simple and causes lost of laughter - I've used it lots of times in a course around building impact and influence to explain how we see things differently. There's also lost of great insights afterwards. I've used this with people globally on a virtual session and it works well with people whose first language is not English too.
Elaine Stephens
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I used this virtually with a team as an icebreaker at the start of a course around successful business partnering. It worked really well to get people to think about the types of questions they need to ask their stakeholders. Great exercise!
Elaine Stephens
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A very simple and easy icebreaker which gets people thinking about how to solve problems together and being assertive. I used this with a smaller team of 5 people and it worked just as well. It was interesting to see who takes the lead in the team at the start of a training session and good to get people up and on their feet.
Elaine Stephens
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