I recently conducted my business simulation activity Rivers and Lakes with a group of entrepreneurs. It is amazing to see how creative they are not only in solving problems, but also in supporting one another, and interestingly, also in breaking rules.
As part of this learning activity, I designed a rule which forbids participants from showing a piece of information to others. It is a trick I play on them. There are ways to share and obtain this information, circumventing the rules, and it is important to do so. Most groups I have conducted this activity with do not fully grasp this. This particular group of entrepreneurs passed this test with flying colours.
To achieve success:
(1) We follow rules
(2) We understand why the rules are the way they are
(3) We break rules
(4) We make rules
(5) And we do this all over again
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