Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces
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Revision as of 06:22, 9 December 2008 by Smarbin (Talk | contribs) (New page: Category:New Activities ===Objectives=== - Help teams think about collaboration and communication or strategy * Category:Review Activities [[:Category:Review Activities| Review A...)
Objectives
- Help teams think about collaboration and communication or strategy
Group Size
Materials
A jigsaw puzzle
- blank ones are nice e.g. This Get 3 - 63 piece puzzles for $4.25
- but ones with pictures are also ok
- cups or bags (to hold a subset of the pieces)
Set Up
- Divide up the puzzle into chunks - 1 for each functional group or team.
- Pass out the pieces for each group (it helps to divide them into bags or
Directions
- Identify the goal you want the team to work towards - e.g. highlighting current challenges fitting teams face in working together, or
- Introduce the activity - goal is to put pieces together
- give people time to work on it (varies depending on complexity)
- facilitate discussion about how this relates to what the group is doing in real life (i.e. how group is working together)
Debrief
- how is this similar to what we are trying to do as a team?
- how is this different?
- so what? what do we want to take away from this?
Alternatives
- pass out the puzzles in advance and have teams draw their vision of success on them