DrawToast is a Wicked Problem Solving™ design exercise by Tom Wujec that unlocks our ability to solve complex problems through visual thinking.
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Draw how to Make Toast
Pie-/Cake-/Camembert-Method
Brainstorming method useful to analyse and focus on single aspects/topics/barriers in detail, without getting lost in complexity.
Number of People: 4–30
Place/Space: Indoor, classroom
Equipment:
- Flipchart
- Pen
Link to description (doc): Pie-Cake-Camembert-Method
6-3-5 Brainwriting
Groups-structured brainstorming technique, generating a multitude of ideas in a very short time: 6 minutes – 3 ideas – 5 people.
Number of people: any, groups of five (or 4, 6 or 7)
Time: 45 minutes
Place/Space: indoor, enough to give each group room to work
Equipment:
- Pen and paper
Link to description (doc): Brainwriting-6-3-5
Draw (how to Make) Toast
DrawToast is a Wicked Problem Solving™ design exercise by Tom Wujec that unlocks our ability to solve complex problems through visual thinking.
Number of Persons: 6-30
Place/Space: indoor, room enough for everyone to be seated at tables
Equipment:
- flip chart (or stock of paper and clear wall space to mount notes for everyone to see)
- post it’s
- markers
- masking tape
Link to description (doc): Draw-Toast_En
Link to original detailed description (PDF): Draw Toast-web
Link to TED-video
Open Space
Open Space
Open Space is at the heart of almost every unconference we design. It allows groups from 5-2.000 people to create an agenda live in less than an hour for a complete multi-track conference. Participants are given simple guidelines that help the day flow. Then, at the close of a day, everyone gathers together to share what unfolded.
Black Market of Knowledge
The transfer of knowledge as a communicative and performative act. The starting point is an interesting and current topic on which local knowledge has been accumulated. The market creates a space to retrieve this knowledge. The individual conversations of experts and discussion partners can be followed by observers (”black listeners”).
(Idea by Hannah Hurtzig, MobileAcademy [link to video])
Number of People: 50–1000
Time: 3–10 hrs
Place/Space: Indoor, a room that is large enough to accommodate all participants and also has room for all tables. Lounge.
Equipment:
- Small tables (for 2 people)
- Table lamp
- Microphones
- Headsets for audience
- Installation for the transmission of the conversations
- Acoustic signal, such as a gong
Link to desription (doc): Black Market of Knowledge
Trust Lift
Let yourself be carried by others! Let yourself be carried away!
Number of People: any in groups of (at best) 7 or 9 people
Time: 0.25 hrs
Place/Space: indoor, outdoor, 4–5 m² per group
Equipment:
- none
Link to desription (doc): Trust Lift
Keeper of the Keys
Keeper of the Keys involves strategy, collaboration, and the use of multiple senses to solve a collective challenge. This strategy creates opportunities to generate dialogue about individual and collective group strategy and to practice engaging more of the five senses.
Number of People: 8–25
Time: 0,5 hrs
Place/Space: any, enough for a circle
Equipment:
- keys
- chair (optional)
Link to desription (doc): Keeper of the Keys
Lions, Hunters, Mothers-in-law
Grouping by games based on scissors, paper, stone.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (14.)
Scissors, Paper, Stone
Grouping by scissors, paper, stone.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (13.)
Giants, Elves and Magicians
Grouping by games based on scissors, paper, stone.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (12.)
Homogenity
Grouping according to opinion.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 3 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (11.)
Pulling Numbers
The pairs are put together by pulling numbers.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,1 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- cards or pieces of paper with numbers, something to pull them out of
Puzzle
A picture is cut into 2 (or several) pieces. The matching pieces form pairs (or a group).
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- pictures cut into two or more pieces (as many pieces as the desired group size)
In Order
The group orders themselves according to size, age or initials in alphabetical order. Every second person is chosen for the first group.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,1 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Similarities
The group should split into pairs with something in common. For example: Boy-boy, blond hair, same initial, same size or the same length hair.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Opposites
The group should split into pairs of opposites. For example: boy-girl, blond hair-dark hair or little-large.
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- none
Great Friendships
Group division (pairing) by partnering up
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 2 m² per person
Equipment:
- small pieces of paper
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (5.)
Atomic Groups
Group division by grouping
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,1 hrs
Place/Space: any, 10 m² per group
Equipment:
- none
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (4.)
Chair Contest
Group division (grouping) “by chair”
Number of People: anything more than 10
Time: 0,2 hrs
Place/Space: any, 5 m² per chair
Equipment:
- sturdy chairs to match the number of groups to be formed
Link to desription (doc): Group Division Games (3.)