If you get anymore details on this exercise please let
me know. I think this would work well with our young student pilots
because their motivation level is high because they all want to learn
how to fly and work together. Please keep me abreast if you have
anymore of the fine details on how this task is accomplished. Time is
of a major concern to me. (How long they have to accomplish the task).
Thank you in advance for your help.
THOMAS V. MASSA, 2nd LT, USAF, BSC
OIC, Aerospace Physiology Columbus
DSN 742-2781
601-434-2781
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Subject: Re: Team Building and
Maintaining the Team
The recent request for team-building ideas by
Sted Sponton triggered a memory
of the past. I once remember hearing of a
team-building exercise that might
accomplish his objectives. The team is taken
into one room and shown a
picture of a completed assembly. This is
something built from the building-
block toys children use, such as "Lincoln Logs,
Lego, Erector set, etc." The
team is given a short amount of time to study
the picture, and then moved into
another room which contains a table and the
building-block toy set. They must
then construct the item in the picture. They do
not have the picture to refer
to, so it's done by memory. As an additional
stressor, the facilitator turns
on a music player, with loud and uncommon music.
They also, of course, have a
time limit to complete the task.
What I can't remember though, is how to
motivate the students to take
the task seriously. Many of the aviators today
would just throw up their
hands and say "BS", this doesn't mean anything.
Has anyone ever done such an exercise? I'd
like to try it someday.
Greg Deen
Raytheon