Marshmallow Debrief

The
Challenge
20 sticks of spaghetti
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+ one yard tape
+
one yard string + one marshmallow
Simple Activity
Deep Lessons
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Lesson One:
Prototyping
Matters
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Typical Progress
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Typical Progress
Start
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Oh-Oh!
Minutes
Who Consistently
Performs
Poorly?
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Recent Business School Graduates
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Who Consistently
Performs
Well?
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Recent Kindergarten School Graduates
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Why?
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Business
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Prototype
Refine
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Lesson Two:
Diverse
Skills
Matter
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Kindergarten
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CEOs &
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Admins
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Specialized Skills
+ Facilitation Skills
= Success
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Executive
Admins
Lesson Three:
Incentives
Magnify
Outcomes
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Average Team Performance
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Average Team Performance
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High Stakes
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AUTODESK INC.
111 McInnis Parkway
San Rafael, Californiax
20
$10,000 00
Marshmallow Challenge
PAY TO THE ORDER OF
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
10
IN THE AMOUNT OF
Authorization
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High Stakes
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Later ...
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Incentives
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+
Low
Skills
≠
Success
Incentives
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+
Low
Skills
≠
Success
Incentives
+
≠
Success
Incentives
+ Skills =
High
Success
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Low
Skills
Why Conduct the
Marshmallow
Challenge?
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Help Teams Identify the
Marshmallow
in their Projects.
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Shared
Experience
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Shared
Experience
Common
Language
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Shared
Experience
Common
Language
Prototyping &
Facilitation
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MarshmallowChallenge.com
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
About the
Challenge
The marshmallow challenge
is a design collaboration
game intended to help teams
experience fundamental
dynamics of teamwork as
well as break the ice in
brainstorming and
collaboration sessions.
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About
Host
Photos
Videos
Links
MarshmallowChallenge.com
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
Hosting a
Challenge
Running a marshmallow
challenge is easy. The
ingredients cost only a few
dollars and the time invested
is less than an hour.
About
Host
Photos
Videos
Step One: Find a Venue, Willing
Teams and Reasons.
Step Two:
Get the Ingredients.
Step Three: Set up the Environment.
Step Four: Equip the Tables.
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Links
MarshmallowChallenge.com
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
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About
Host
Photos
Videos
Links
MarshmallowChallenge.com
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
About
Host
Photos
Videos
World’s Largest Marshmallow Challenge
800 People
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Links
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
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