All You Have to Do Is Ask by Wayne Baker

Author:Wayne Baker [Baker, Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2020-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Troikas and Wise Crowds

In my MBA classroom, workshops, and keynote speeches, I often use two practices that focus explicitly on asking for and giving help: “Troika Consulting” and “Wise Crowds.”32 Troika Consulting is a creative thirty-minute activity that unlocks the flow of help and advice among teammates or colleagues. The team splits into groups of three (hence the name) and each member of a troika takes a turn playing the role of “the client,” who has one or two minutes to describe a challenge or project and ask for help. The other two are “consultants,” who have one to two minutes to ask clarifying questions, then several minutes to provide ideas, information, referrals, advice, and so on, just as they would in a real consulting session. This sequence is repeated two more times, so that each member of a troika gets to be the client and have his or her problems solved, or requests granted.

The structure of Wise Crowds is the same as Troika Consulting, but each group is larger (four or five people) and more time is spent on each step. As with any such exercise, diverse teams or groups are helpful, because you draw on a variety of perspectives, experiences, knowledge, and networks.

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