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Objective: Have ideas for completing the work of
the company with fewer resources (money, time, people).
Materials: Make rope circles of varying sizes -
2' diameter to about 8' diameter - enough for everyone to be able to
stand in one. Lay them out ahead of time.
Introduction: "There are always enough
resources."
Instruction: Have each person stand with both
feet entirely within a circle. Tell them when you say go that they are
to move to another circle and put both feet entirely within a circle.
Then tell them to move.
They each move from circle to circle. Once all in a
circle tell them to move again. This time, remove a circle as they move.
Then wait until they figure out how to get everyone with both feet in a
circle before saying, "Move again." Each time remove one circle.
As the circles diminish, some realize that they must
do something different and other keep scrambling for the circles. They
create strategies to keep circles or complain lo9udly when they are
removed but keep standing in circles.
Leave one big circle until the second to last one -
then leave only a small one. Someone eventually gets the idea to sit and
put only feet in the circle - thereby reducing the need for space.
Usually they are not followed by the group for several rounds. Once the
group shifts and starts to be creative in getting their feet within a
circle, they can go on for infinite rounds - long after all the circles
have been removed.
Process: "What were you thinking as the
circles were removed?" "What did you do to be sure with fewer circles
everyone could still get both feet in?" "How can you do ...(whatever
they said to answer last question) with the less time, less staff, less
money (or whatever diminishing resources they're dealing with)?
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