One partner's sheet for Exercise 4 of my workshop on feedback.

1. THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE SECRET – DON’T LET YOUR PARTNER SEE THEM!
Exercise 4 – Relationship Triggers
Blue Partner
Goals
This exercise is differentfrom the others – youare competingagainstyourpartner!
Your goalsare to winthe contestwhile experiencinganddefusingrelationshiptriggers. Iwill judgethe winners
once the exercise isover.Detailsonwhatyouneedtodo towinare below.
Winnerswill receive candybars! Full-size ones.None of thatweaksauce fun-sizestuff here.
Building Phase (Time: 10 minutes)
Build(amodel of) a reallylarge animal orvehicle.Itdoesn’tneedtoactuallyroll,walk,fly,etc.
Feedback Phase (Time: 5 minutes)
1) Introduce Your Creation
Take a minute todescribe whatyou’ve builttoyourpartner,and letthem dothe same. Thenchoose one of
youto offerfeedbackfirst.
2) How the Contest Works
Your partnerwill be givingyousuggestionsaboutyourcreation.One of these suggestionswillbe true,and
the othersuggestionwill be false.You mustaccept one of theirsuggestions,soyouneedtotryto be
objective withtheirfeedbackanddecide whichof themistrue and whichof themisfalse.
Similarly,youneedtocome upwithtwo piecesof feedbackaboutyourpartner’screation:
 One suggestionshouldbe somethingthatwill improvethe sizeof your partner’screation.Thispiece of
feedbackshouldinvolve addinga greenpiece toyourpartner’sbuild.
 The other suggestionshouldalsobe aboutthe size,butitshouldbe false.Thispiece of feedback should
involve addingayellowpiece toyourpartner’sbuild.
You want yoursuggestionstobe plausible,sothatyoucan convince yourpartnerthat it’svalidfeedback! If
youneedmore piecesof thatcolor,raise your handand letthe instructorknow.
3) Bonus Question
If you gettime,try to thinkina system lens.Atwhatnumberof stepsbackdoesthisconflictoriginate?