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
Green 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 thatweak sauce fun-sizestuff here.
Building Phase (Time: 10 minutes)
Build(amodel of) a reallyfastanimal orvehicle.Itdoesn’tneedtoactuallyroll,walk,fly,etc.
Feedback Phase (Time: 5 minutes)
1) Introduce Your Creation
Take a minute todescribe what you’ve builttoyourpartner,and letthemdothe 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 upwith two piecesof feedbackaboutyourpartner’screation:
 One suggestionshouldbe somethingthatwill improvethe speed of yourpartner’screation.Thispiece of
feedbackshouldinvolve addinga redpiece toyour partner’sbuild.
 The other suggestionshouldalsobe aboutthe speed,butitshouldbe false.Thispiece of feedback
shouldinvolveaddinga blue piece toyourpartner’sbuild.
You wantyour suggestionstobe plausible,sothatyoucan convince yourpartnerthat it’svalidfeedback! If
youneedmore piecesof thatcolor,raise your handand letthe instructorknow.
3) Bonus Question
If you gettime,try to thinkina systemlens.Atwhatnumberof stepsbackdoesthisconflictoriginate?