Difference between revisions of "Name from the Hat"
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Hat, post-its, flipchart/whiteboard, pens | Hat, post-its, flipchart/whiteboard, pens | ||
===Process:=== | ===Process:=== | ||
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| − | + | - 1. Each team member puts their name on a Post-It note and throws it into a hat. (1-2 minutes) | |
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| − | + | - 2. With the hat full, each person draws one Post-It out. (1 minute) | |
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| − | + | - 3. From the perspective of the person they drew from the hat, each participant writes two to three answers on separate Post-Its, to the following questions: (5 mins) | |
| + | * “what went well” and | ||
| + | * “what could have been better”. | ||
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| + | - 4. In turn, each person places their 'stickies' on a board divided into the above two categories, but not mentioning the person from whom's perspective they were writing. (5-10 mins) | ||
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| + | - 5. After the participant has placed all their stickies on the board, they ask the rest of the team "Guess Who?" (5-10 mins) | ||
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| + | - 6. Once someone guesses correctly the person represented by the stickies, the person revealed gets to validate, disagree or add any comments to complete the picture. (5-10 mins) | ||
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| + | - 7. When everybody has been represented on the board, cluster the Post-Its into common themes. (5 mins) | ||
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| + | - 8. Translated these clusters into actionable tasks with owners. (5-10 mins) | ||
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===Source:=== | ===Source:=== | ||
[http://richardatherton.net/guess-who-a-retrospective-from-a-different-perspective/ richardatherton.net] | [http://richardatherton.net/guess-who-a-retrospective-from-a-different-perspective/ richardatherton.net] | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 17 May 2016
Use:
An 'empathy hack' retro that forces team members to think of things from others' perspectives.
Length of time:
60 minutes.
Short Description:
By the simple process of selecting a colleague's name from a hat, team members are encouraged to put themselves in their colleagues' shoes and view the world from a different perspective. By evaluating the team's efforts through the eyes of another, they are better able to assess their own performance and that of the team.
Materials:
Hat, post-its, flipchart/whiteboard, pens
Process:
- 1. Each team member puts their name on a Post-It note and throws it into a hat. (1-2 minutes)
- 2. With the hat full, each person draws one Post-It out. (1 minute)
- 3. From the perspective of the person they drew from the hat, each participant writes two to three answers on separate Post-Its, to the following questions: (5 mins)
* “what went well” and
* “what could have been better”.
- 4. In turn, each person places their 'stickies' on a board divided into the above two categories, but not mentioning the person from whom's perspective they were writing. (5-10 mins)
- 5. After the participant has placed all their stickies on the board, they ask the rest of the team "Guess Who?" (5-10 mins)
- 6. Once someone guesses correctly the person represented by the stickies, the person revealed gets to validate, disagree or add any comments to complete the picture. (5-10 mins)
- 7. When everybody has been represented on the board, cluster the Post-Its into common themes. (5 mins)
- 8. Translated these clusters into actionable tasks with owners. (5-10 mins)