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The ideas behind the games, and how to run them.
What the research says, what a session actually looks like, and which game puts each idea into practice.
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Discovery-based learning: what it is, and how to run it with a group
People remember what they worked out for themselves. The research also says they only work it out when the task is structured, the feedback is visible and somebody runs the debrief. This is what that looks like in practice.
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Experiential learning debrief questions: a facilitator's question bank
An activity without a debrief is an energiser. The debrief is where the group names what happened, sees the pattern and decides what to do differently. These are the questions that get it there, in the order that works.
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Team synergy: what it is, and how to see it in a workshop
A team has synergy when it does better than its members would have done alone. It sounds like a given. It is not: many teams do worse than their best member, and most never find out. Here is how to make it visible in a single session.
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A consensus decision-making exercise for teams
Consensus is not everyone agreeing, and it is not a vote. It is a decision every member can support because they were heard and the reasoning holds. Most teams think they do it. A good exercise shows them whether they do.
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