Organizations Connected by Campbell David; Huffington Clare; & Clare Huffington

Author:Campbell, David; Huffington, Clare; & Clare Huffington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge

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Session 2. Warming-up exercise

I asked the group to walk around and find three other people with whom they did not talk in their daily work and with whom they would like to talk. Then I gave them the exercise:

Think about a good story from your work with each other or with the children.

Stand in groups of four, tell your story, and listen to the other stories for 15 minutes. The stories are not to be commented on by the others in the group.

After 15 minutes I called the whole group together, and we talked in plenary about what they had felt was nice about the exercise. They were amazed that they could talk so easily with people they hardly knew. They had a good time. They had laughed. They had found it hard to tell good stories about themselves. It had been easier to listen to the stories of the others. They did not get around to listening to all the stories, because there was too little time.

I said that we would do the exercise again in new groups, and this time they should keep track of the time.

After the second round, we talked about how they managed to get all the stories told and heard. They said that they listened in a better way—more intensely and focused upon the person and less on their own thoughts and reflections. They said that they had kept the rule I gave them about not commenting on the stories.

We talked about how they could use this experience in their meetings. They laughed, and I was being positioned in the “doing very well” position.

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