Simbols

• Set up and manage an effective communication system that everyone understands and can use efficiently
• Develop a dialogue which will lead to a common understanding of abstract concepts
• Use an effective communications system to deliver a final process implementation stage
• Deliver a successful solution to the problem they face against very tight time and quality targets
• Managing each individual’s input and ensuring everyone in the team understands
• Understanding everyone will have a different way in which they explain and understand situations
• Ensuring everyone is listened to and understood
• Understand that language and communication is culturally specific
• Team leadership
• Team building, integration and collaboration between teams
• Effective team planning and process improvement

Simbols is a challenging task with only one answer to the problem, and only one chance to solve it!

Each individual has a number of magnetic tiles with symbols on them. Team members need to describe the pattern of these tiles in order to fit these into the correct place on a grid. Participants can only communicate verbally and cannot show each other their cards, meaning each individual must contribute to solve the problem. Participants have only one chance to provide the correct answer, therefore process planning is vital.

Using verbal communication only, participants need to refine and improve their language and communication skills for mutual understanding between team members, mimicking everyday communication when a shared visual reference is not available.

As well as focussing on improving communication, problem solving skills and team performance, the Simbols activity also requires strong leadership, project planning, strategic thinking, performance improvement, and time management skills as participants are given a strict time frame to complete the final project stage.

It is also an excellent exercise to use on an international or cross-cultural awareness programme as it rapidly highlights different cultural references and language styles.

This activity can be used with a group of 6 to 15 people, and these can be arranged as either as a single team, or three sub-teams which then integrate into one large team for the final assembly. The sub-team version challenges collaboration and communication between remote teams, and how they plan to effectively integrate.

Simbols was originally designed as a follow on activity to Colourblind® , and is a great extension for continued development of effective communication skills.

Simbols is also available in a fully online version for remote learning groups. See Simbols (online version)

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