Drawing the Line Between Helping Your Team and Interfering

Selecting the Team Challenge After the team has formed, they should read the Challenges and select the Challenge they will solve for this Program Season Things to remember when selecting a Team Challenge – Take individual and team strengths and interests into account – Don’t discourage team from selecting a Challenge that you think might be difficult – When the team has the freedom to choose, they will buy into their solution and ultimately learn more from overcoming obstacles

The Interference Triangle Skills for the Solution Understanding the Challenge Solution

Facilitating Idea-Generating Sessions If you think it, share it Don’t evaluate or judge ideas – Your own, or someone else’s Team Manager cannot offer ideas – Interference – Team might have idea on their own, but if TM offers it, the team can’t use it

Wouldn’t it be nice if... WIBNI How to... H2 In what ways might we... IWWMW? How might we... ? List ways to... ? Think of ways to... What if we... ? Do you suppose we could... ? I wonder if... ? Ask Open-Ended Questions

Generate Ideas (brainstorming): Idea Creation Chart* Idea Generating* ABC Brainstorming* Race for Fluency* Mix and Match* Beach Ball Brainstorm** Mind Spin** Idea Directing (choosing ideas): Decision Making Matrix* Choice Helper* Paired Choice Analysis* Strong-Weak-Special** *Found in Roadmap **Found in training handouts Use CPS strategies to facilitate discussion

Normal & expected for Team Manager to provide feedback following Instant Challenge practice Instant Challenges have multiple solutions; don’t share yours Cannot talk about tournament Instant Challenge until after Destination Global Finals Team Manager & non-participating team members cannot communicate with team during tournament Instant Challenge Interference and Instant Challenge

Use the handout, “Test Your Knowledge About Interference,” to check your understanding of Interference. Answers are found on the last page. You Decide: Is It Interference?