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The Group Text
If you sent this team one text right now, what would it say?
3–5 min2+ peopleIndividual
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Set the room up for success.
Materials
- None
- Optional sticky notes or shared chat
Before you begin
- Display the prompt
- Decide whether responses will be silent, written, or spoken
- Plan to answer first and model an honest pass early in the year
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What to say
“If you sent this team one text right now, what would it say? One message, no replies required, and passing is fine.”
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Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Display and read the prompt aloud.
- Allow speaking, writing, pointing, chat, or passing with equal status.
- Never require eye contact, an explanation, or a public follow-up.
Watch out for
- Do not let the format become an indirect complaint about a named colleague.
- Follow up privately after the meeting; the check-in identifies where support may be needed but is not the support itself.
- Do not reward upbeat answers or treat a difficult answer as a public discussion prompt.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
- 1
Give participants twenty seconds to compose one sentence.
- 2
Share around the table or post all messages at once.
- 3
Do not respond to or solve individual messages during the round.
- 4
Thank the group and move into the agenda.
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Your prompt
Team, …
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.