Practical Interlude

The two activities from Robert Dilts:

A. The affinity process

Ask your partner these questions and then switch.

• Tell me something I don't know about you.
• Tell me something you like about me.
• Tell me something you think we have in common.

B. Remembering Names

1. Start with a feeling you'd like to get to know that person.

Write your name on the back of a nametag.

2. On the other side write something you can do well - a capability.

What is a capability that you would like to develop?

3. What is a behavior you do well, but would like to learn more about how you do it?

Maybe it's something you don't know how you do it so well.

4. Ask people you meet five questions:

• Who are you?
• Why are you here?
• What is something you'd like to know how to do?
• What is something you already do well but you're not certain how you do it?
• What's your name?

  As the people meet each other they begin to share and talk about capabilities. This creates a context in which both potentially shared relationships and tasks are discovered.