Company Concentration Exercise
Company Concentration game can help in brainstorming (associating two problems together, for example, that hadn’t been) as well as getting team members to think on their feet and spot connections they hadn’t before.
Most of us played the game “concentration” as a child, where you’d have pairs of cards randomly mixed and turned over, and you’d take turns flipping over two at a time. The goal was to collect as many pairs as possible, remembering what you’d seen.
Create a card deck that has images and words related to your company or brand. The goal here is not necessarily to match cards and remember where they were.
Teams can get a point for matching up cards, but they can get two points if they choose to successfully debate and argue why the two cards the turned over are associated. If the majority of the room agrees with their reasoning, they receive the points. If not, they lose a point.
You might use cards illustrating user personas, products you sell, procedures you use in development, customer support problems, known issues you’re trying to solve, and so on.
Divide up into teams and see which team can match the most pairs in the least amount of time!
Moment of Reflection
- Was there any connection that surprised you? Which one and why?
- How easy or difficult was it for you to make associations?
- Do you think that now you understand the organization and its work dynamics a little more?
- In a few words, what have you learned new?
The topics of this publication: motivation, interactions, reflection, disinhibition, distension, creativity
