Never Say Yes
Answer every question. Never say yes, no, or your own name.
People pair up and interview each other, and the answers can never contain yes, no, or their own name. It sounds trivial until somebody asks you a direct question and you watch your own mouth try to say yes. It is the best two minutes of listening practice there is, and it is genuinely funny to watch.
Before anything about listening, questioning or thinking on your feet — and any time a room needs to talk in pairs rather than to you.
Props: None
Run this when…
If none of these is your room, pick another.Before a session on questioning or active listening
An interviewing or sales skills workshop
Any group who need to talk to one other person first
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- Where
- Remote or in person
- Props
- None
- Big screen
- Required
- Teams
- Individual only