Goal:

• To break the ice between the members of a team.

• To enable the team to initiate a meeting.

How to play:

• 1- Divide participants in groups of 3 people. Ask members to be numbered 1, 2, and 3.

• 2- Distribute blocks of 3 sticky notes and a pen to each group.

• 3- Request members 1 to:

  • a. write a sentence on one of the notes,

  • b. cover it with another blank note, and

  • c. pass the 3-note blocks to the members 2.

• 4- Request members 2 to:

  • a. read the sentence in the second note,

  • b. create in the top note a drawing that represents the phrase, and

  • c. pass the 3-note blocks to the members 3.

• 5- Request members 3 to:

  • a. write, on the empty note, a sentence that represents the drawing, and

  • b. place it on the top of the 3-note block, so that in the lower note the original sentence is found, in the central one, the drawing, and in the upper one, the new sentence, and

  • c. pass the 3-note blocks to the members 1.

• 6- Ask members 1 to assess the new phrase and picture represented by the other members.

• 7- Initiate a debate among all participants on how a message can be distorted along a communication channel.