Timing: 10 mins
Ingredients:
- Stop Watch
Directions:
Round one
Each person pairs off with another, preferably someone they do not know.
Each pair then chooses who will be the manager and who will be the worker.
The manager will direct the worker to walk 60 normal paces within two minutes using only the following 6 commands: Go, Stop, Left, Right, Faster, Slower.
After two minutes are up, ask for a show of hands for how many completed the 60 paces.
Round two
There are no managers or workers. Each individual can direct themselves. Again, the goal is to walk 60 paces in two minutes. After two minutes are up, ask for a show of hands for how many completed the 60 paces.
Learning Points:
- Comparison between command and control and self organizing teams and the underlying efficiency of the latter.
CREDIT: Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum
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