Does anyone have any good exercises or session starters which will create an awareness of the dangers of perceptions and assumptions?
Aileen Duncan
Aileen Duncan
Does anyone have any good exercises or session starters which will create an awareness of the dangers of perceptions and assumptions?
Aileen Duncan
Leaders need to stop the self-sacrifice cycle
Middle management’s biggest challenge
Unlocking courage
3 Responses
Exercises
1. Try…Ask everyone to recount an incident when they last felt they were in a minority group.What did it feel like,emotions etc
2.GIve everybody a list of professions/chracters from history/jobs.Ask them to place a male/female name by each
3. Disability RIghts Commission have turned perceptions on their head – they have an athletic male in one of their videos walking into a world for disabled.People in wheelchairds stare at him or patronise him, door handles too low, You can create an exercise where a person/tream have to identify how this feels, gender,race or disability
4. Create an interview for employment panel- tell the panel members they have to dream up every possible reason for not giving job to…?gender/race/disabled applicant
5. You are the editor of Sun newspaper – use a male/female opposite word for
BUTCH
MISTRESS
STUD
think of others=stacks of them
You see where it is going?
I used these when national head of training for the Equal Opportunities Commission and now extensively developed these and more as a freelancer!
chadwick@bill81.fsnet.co.uk
Bill
Stereotyping exercises
I find that these days you need to be a bit more subtle when getting people to stereo type as alot of people are aware of obvious ones. I have a number of exercises and would be glad to share/ swap with others who may be interested.
You can e-me if you want to know more
Equal opportunities
I have a couple of group activities that focus on ethnic, racial and sexual diversity.
ewn1@cant.ac.uk