Today we played with balloons. The object of our play was to keep all of the balloons up in the air. We began by simply standing in a circle, and throwing our own balloon up in the air...in hopes that someone else in the circle would keep it up. This process, while chaotic, seems to work fairly well and woke me up from my morning sleepiness. Then after we mastered this technique, people in the group began to further complicate other ways in which we could possibly keep these balloons up.
One beautiful thing about this process is that others in the group began to add to others ideas with their own ideas, creating a process that could have never been thought of by one single person. I really think that this collaborative creation of a single idea by multiple people illustrates the beauty of teamwork, imagination, and the execution of an idea. Everyone in the group contributes their own personal talents and strengths to further strengthen the idea and ultimatly make it a more successful experience. However, this flow does not simply happen. It took us a a little while to establish a rhythm, a flow and a mentality to listen to each other and work as a team.
the 5th objective: Teamwork
1. break things down into smaller thoughts
2.central/flexible leadership
3. listening to each other (opinions, ideas)
4.quality interaction with peers
5. establish a rhythm (sequence)
6. understanding what people are trying to say
7. demonstrating ideas
8. reading each others body language
9. work cohesively
10. creating time for play and percolation
11. Pause/ begin together
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