Game 9: Group Landing
Game 9: Group Landing
Objective: Learn to intervene in a disordered group conversation to synthesize, validate, and advance, gaining status as a facilitator leader.
Players and Roles
- Roles A, B, C (The Noise): Speak at once, change subject, argue.
- Role D (The Control Tower): Has to land the plane (the group).
Quick Set-up: The Chaos
The group must start arguing heatedly about one of these ridiculous topics.
| Discussion Topic | Roles (The Noise) |
|---|---|
| Christmas Dinner | A: “Vegan”. B: “Only meat”. C: “Cheap”. |
| Birthday Gift | A: “Clothes”. B: “Experience”. C: “Money in envelope”. |
| Travel Destination | A: “Relax beach”. B: “Adventure mountain”. C: “Urban tourism”. |
| Project Name | A: “Cool English”. B: “Classic Spanish”. C: “Weird acronym”. |
| Office Color | A: “Nuclear white”. B: “Corporate colors”. C: “Wallpaper”. |
Mechanics
- The group starts arguing about “where we dine” mixing topics (soccer, money, allergies). A scripted chaos.
- The Control Tower waits for the moment, raises hand (visual gesture) and says:
- “Time. (Silence). I’ve heard three options: A, B and C. We discard A for expensive. B and C remain. We vote now. Who wants B?”
- The goal is to achieve that the group votes and decides in less than 2 minutes of intervention.
Debriefing (Closing questions)
- Did you feel fear of interrupting? (It is the main barrier).
- Did the group feel commanded or relieved? (The good leader relieves, does not oppress).
Pro Tip
Use people’s names when summarizing. “As John was saying…” + “As Mary was saying…”. That validates you as a listener and gives you the right to close.