Complex Pieces is a great energizer to get people moving around while fostering a conversation about complex systems and interconnected pieces.
Running the activity:
- Everybody stands up and walks around.
- Each person thinks about two other people.
- Without saying names, each person should stay equally distant from the two people they thought about. This should take one minute as people move around.
- After people stop moving, ask the taller person in the group to move to a corner of the room.
- Ask everyone to find their equal distances again.
This activity gets everyone energized while giving an opportunity to have a quick conversation about complex systems, changes and interconnected requirements. It works better for a group of ten to thirty people.
Remote-team advice: This activity works well for remote teams. Use the remote board of your choice. Ask the participants to create a note (on a virtual post-it) with their name. Each person is responsible for moving their own virtual post-it, placing it equidistant form the other two people virtual post-it.
Running the activity remotely:
- Everybody creates a virtual post-it with their name and more it around, on the remote board canvas.
- Each person thinks about two other people.
- Without saying names, each person should place their post-it equally distant from the two people´ post-it they thought about. This should take one minute as people move things around.
- After people stop moving, ask the person with the longest name in the group to move to a corner of the canvas.
- Ask everyone to find their equal distances again.