This is how it works:
- Distribute blank cards to everyone.
- I suggest to use a thick paper card and avoid using sticky notes. I also suggest the card to be colored on one side and white on the other side.
- Come up with one thing
- It can be idea, it can be an action item, it is mainly based on what you are looking to get out of the meeting.
- You would ask participants to write their idea on one side (e.g. the colored side) of the card.
- You also need to remind them to only write one thing.
- The writings need to be readable, this is very important.
- Everyone should write something, or they are out of the game. This is also important.
- Get them moving
- This is the fun part. Now, you would ask everyone to stand up and walk with their cards in their hands.
- You ask them to face the colored side to the floor.
- They are going to exchange cards rapidly with other people.
- After a while, you would ask everyone to stop and find a partner
- Scoring begins
- At this point you ask the couples to read each card and discuss it.
- They are going to score the cards up to 7 points. They are going to spread 7 points among two cards.
- They can give one card 0 point and 7 points to the other one, or any other combination.
- By the end of the discussion, they will write the points assigned to each card on the other side (e.g. the non-colored side) of the card.
- Repeat 5 times
- You would ask the participants to do this 4 more times, exchange their cards, find a partner and score.
- Calculation of the points.
- After the 5th round, everyone needs to add up the points on the back (e.g. non-colored side) of the card and write it down.
- And the winner is ....
- There is no winner per say1
- You would ask who has a card with 35 points? If there weren't any you ask for 34 points? If there weren't any you would ask for 33? And so on.
- The cards with the highest points are the cumulative agreement of priorities based on the people participating.
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Update: I have found a post on gamestorming defining this exercise from Dave Gray.
1 The winner is of course you, if you insisting of finding the anwer. You managed to facilitate a session with full of energy, good discussions, and an outcome.↩
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