Seeing the Point
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Activity Overview
Activity Overview
A popular activity to improve problem solving skills, Seeing the Point also helps develop creative and innovative thinking skills. Ideally used as an introductory activity for problem solving and creative thinking, or to reinforce key learning points. The initial problem posed is challenging to solve in its own right but further challenges presented to participants then require a different set of thinking skills to develop a successful solution.
Created by US team building expert and author Dr. Jim Cain, it is an excellent 10 to 30-minute activity for use in innovative thinking or improving problem solving skills workshops and can be used in large group conference situations. It brings to life a common problem facing many teams: ‘I’m repeatedly being asked to do more with less, and it can’t be done!'
Many customers also use it as an excellent metaphor for the team and organisational strengths that diversity and inclusion can bring.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
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What's Included
What's Included
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Delivery & Returns
Delivery & Returns
Delivery
Product prices shown do not include delivery costs We use international and local courier services to provide a fast, secure and traceable shipping service to our customers. Typically we will ship within one working day of receiving your order (if received by 14.00 local time), and your goods should be with you wherever you are in the world within one week!
All our prices for International Export (from UK or USA) are DDU (Delivery Duty Unpaid), so you may be required to clear your local import customs authority and possibly be required to pay import duties.
We do however note that all our products are for educational use and supply a customs invoice showing local variations of the HS Code relevant to our training tools:
- 902300 - apparatus designed for education purposes, unsuitable for other uses
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We provide a 12 month unconditional guarantee. If you have any problems with our materials, we will replace any defective parts, or you can return the product for a refund.
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Excellent activity, really creates so many discussion points. Also great that is is compact and easy to add to your training kit.
Hi Camilla, thank you for your wonderful feedback! We're delighted to hear that you find Seeing the Point engaging and easy to incorporate into your training kit. We appreciate your support!
This is one of those extremely versatile activities that can be used in various training sessions and workshops. I have been using it for more than a year now and it delivers every single time. Recently, I used this activity in conjunction with a Personality and Team inventory, in a Top Management Teamwork workshop, to demonstrate the importance of alignment but also the value of the "different" thinking style, that often gets overlooked.
Intra-and even more significantly-inter team collaboration, clear and common vision, inclusiveness, resource utilization and more are among the learning points that this activity offers.
It is also fun and engaging.
I love it - I will be using it at a strategic day for a charity...great analogy and example for "doing more with less"
Recently, I bought �Seeing the Point� and I have had an opportunity to use this resource with 4 teams participating in a Delivering Service Excellence programme. The resource and team challenge worked really well and as suggested I facilitated the activity in a series of phases. Within each team, I asked each mini team to find 4 arrowheads, then 5 and then challenged the full team to find a way of creating as many arrowheads as possible. Indeed, each of the 4 teams identified a way of creating 25 arrowheads with the available resources. The participants enjoyed the activity and the facilitated event emphasised the importance of seeing things differently; of sharing information; of adopting a collective and team approach; of building trusting relationships at work; and of challenging an internal competitive approach between departments. From a trainers perspective, the resource was easy to use and transport; quick to set up and facilitate; will no doubt have a variety of applications; was enjoyable to facilitate; and was very much �fit for purpose�. Excellent value for money!
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