At the Confident Futures class today we did a group exercise where someone (Jurg) was asked to think of a problem they'd encountered on the course, present it to the group, then the group asked the him questions, whilst being really careful not to offer their own opinion. Once quite a number of questions were asked, Jurg then said how his thinking had moved on about the problem just based on the questions we'd asked. We were then also allowed to offer limited suggestions, the point being that Jurg was to come to his own solutions, not ours.
I think the exercise was useful for everyone as although it wasn't our problems being addressed it offered new insights into a situation someone else had experienced, and I certainly got some food for thought from it.
It struck me that this would have been a brilliant technique to have used throughout the course as a sort of debrief after interviewing, placements, groupwork etc. We would all learn from each other's experiences.
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I agree totally with what you say. This sort of session after interviews/groupwork/placements would have been great. Much of the time on the course seems to have been spent working things out for ourselves. Everyone involved in this activity can learn something and take something useful away from it-I certainly did today, and hope that I get the opportunity to take part in it again in the future.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the exercise too, but I wonder if it was as enjoyable for the person sitting in the 'hot seat'i.e. Jurg. We had the easy job in my opinion.Did he really think it was as useful as we did, or did he feel exposed? Anne was right, this is an advanced type of tool, and can only be used when the conditions are right, meaning when everyone knows and trusts each other.
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