Your ownpeer group

Going beyondHelping the

Signlines

Your team has a puzzle to solve! You all haveinformation to work with, but cannot share itwith other team members. You must form astrategy to overcome the barrier tocommunication and implement this strategysuccessfully within 30 seconds.

String Ball

A team puzzle that will require guidance fromteam members, the ability to deal withambiguity and change, coping in a timepressured environment, co-ordination andclear help and instruction.

Making Life Easier

Going beyondyour remit

Helping thebusiness

find asolution

Leonardo’s Bridge

Sometimes a man is ahead of histimes, and sometimes a man isridiculously far ahead of his times.Your teams’ task is to realise thedream of Leonardo da Vinci (only on aslightly smaller scale) and construct abridge which will span the gap usingonly the materials provided.

Pyramid

Patience, listening to each other, team co-ordination,planning and skill will all be put to the test with thischallenge. Team members will need to coach andinstruct each other in order to work the grabber andconstruct the tower.

How influential are u?The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches and intuition.The White Hat calls for information known or needed.Presents the facts of the case.

“Thinking comes from the rational brain and involves critical analysis based on facts anddata”data”“Feelings comes from the limbic brain and involves our storehouse of information aboutexperiences that we remember and project onto new events and circumstances”

Split into two teams and for the first 10 minutes one team should list the following:a) Facts and data that tell how influential and important they now are in the businessb) Beliefs you hold or emotional experiences of how you feel exploring helps others make

life easier.

Then switch...

Connecting the dotsThe Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking process.

Jo Jepson will conduct a 10 minutes briefing on the connectingeXplore to the ways we do things round here.

This should be followed up by a Q & A discussion.

Look on the downsideThe Black Hat is judgment -- the devil's advocate or why something may not work.

When helping the business to find solutions eXplorers are often being taken advantage of andeven being used to substitute Line managers taking responsibility.

Hold 15 minute team discussion on the negative aspects of eXplorers being taken advantageof or misused. Answer the following questions and encourage the group to add their own.Encourage the group to complete the sentences rather than your own context.

• What should you not be doing?• What should you not be doing?• How could I possibly ensure you don’t....• How might I be making things more difficult for ....• What should I possibly not do...

Write the questions discussed and answers to each as your 15 minutes progress.

Thinking creatively....The Green Hat focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives and new ideas.

Grid 1: How can you expand your circle and make life easier for people?Grid 2: What are the best examples of eXploration that u have witnessed or heard spoken of?Gird 3: What’s the best thing about being an eXplorer?Grid 4: How does eXploring make life easier for customers?Grid 4: How does eXploring make life easier for customers?

Using the printed girds. Ask each person to write three ideas in the top three boxes on the gridand then pass this on to the next person. The next step is to review the ideas and generatethree more ideas on the next row down the grid. Repeat this cycle until all ideas have beenexhausted and the gird is full Then review the ideas as a team.

Note: If anyone freezes pass it quicker than the three boxes.