I am sorry that I didn't post any new posts last weeks. It was quite busy here. However, updating session has started...
Three weeks ago, we had our first "Creative Facilitation" session. It is all about the various techniques a facilitator can use to manage (or stimulate) a group for solving a problem. This is done through creative techniques.
The first part of the day was an ice-breaker session in which we had to form a city in a country. My country was Russia. We were all assigned a job and the first bit of this exercise was to assemble cities with people owning different jobs. After that was done, we had to come up with a name, emblem, symbols and even the history of our city.
Ours was named "Oblomov" (from the book) which stood for a lost, forgotten and drunk place. I will not go deeper in the history of the city as there is no generally accepted version. Well, below you can find a small brainstorming of the characteristics of Oblomov (alignment of the various jobs in our city):
The letters written vertically was the "slogan" of our city....only the true Oblomov knew what it stood for when he wrote this...(again, no common agreement when or where this was done). The only point on which every inhabitant agrees on is the following:- Created in 1800 and forgotten in 1845
- Lost. Drunk and Forgotten (as unofficial slogan)
Our group had to facilitate a session (which for most of us, was a first in our lives...) about "how different leadership styles can affect the outcomes of groupwork". Below, you can find the preparation of our session.
The various members of our group were assigned to act one of the various leadership styles. The other groups (or cities) had to experience how the differences in leadership were affecting them and the overall performance of the team.
Should you want to learn more about creative facilitation, I recommend you read the book of Marc Tassoul. You can find more information here.
Cheers!
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