The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training.
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The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
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The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
@anna I would love to do this. I think I'd do terribly but perhaps I have a hidden talent.
What was the picture of?
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The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
@anna That sounds really difficult, yikes. What sort of drawing was it? Some single object, or a scene with multiple elements? Were people able to guess correctly?
(…maybe you should _teach_ such a course instead…)
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The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
@anna We regularly do something similar during BHV/ERT-refresher training, only then communication is between 3 locations (who each have partial info, and don’t know what info the others have), and via our handheld radios.
Radio protocol, clear & concise communication, procedure words to try to avoid ambiguity.
Sometimes it’s a drawing, sometimes it’s a table-top evacuation of a building + locating a fire, sometimes it’s building a 3D thing from pipe segments.
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@anna That sounds really difficult, yikes. What sort of drawing was it? Some single object, or a scene with multiple elements? Were people able to guess correctly?
(…maybe you should _teach_ such a course instead…)
@amenonsen steam locomotive
I prioritised coaching them through drawing the wheels and chimney, figuring that this would be the giveaway components
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The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
That being said: I was so tired and jet lagged that I couldn’t think of the word “diameter”, which is rather embarrassing if you start out by describing two circles and then want to use the diameter of those circles as a basis for all other measurements
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@anna We regularly do something similar during BHV/ERT-refresher training, only then communication is between 3 locations (who each have partial info, and don’t know what info the others have), and via our handheld radios.
Radio protocol, clear & concise communication, procedure words to try to avoid ambiguity.
Sometimes it’s a drawing, sometimes it’s a table-top evacuation of a building + locating a fire, sometimes it’s building a 3D thing from pipe segments.
@happydisciple @anna Yes, these are the most fun exercises and they do show how important clear communication is. I sometimes deliberately misunderstand during such exercises so more fun can be had by all.
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The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
I and my partner "won" this challenge handily when I was in high school.
Unfortuately, this particular communication skill doesn't translate well when handling squishy emotional topics. Especially when one is dealing with a gaslighting dominator.
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@happydisciple @anna Yes, these are the most fun exercises and they do show how important clear communication is. I sometimes deliberately misunderstand during such exercises so more fun can be had by all.
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This is giving me itchy thoughts about what the impact of this kind of training would have on management in my current job. (They talk a good game, but it seems to be largely...aspirational...?)
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