Duration: 90 minutes
Focus of Session: We live in an era of rapid and often unpredictable change. In order to weather these changes, our organization needs to be able to respond with creative solutions that enable us to incorporate or adapt to these innovations in unpredictable ways. The key to this ability is to foster a culture that rewards innovation and fosters non-standard thinking. This session will look at ways to incorporate creative solutions into the translation process.
Method: Socratic method using open discussion and breakout groups.
Use this time to set the tone for this session by asking questions and prompting student activity. While this session will contain a lot of information, much of it new to participants, it is important that they discover this information for themselves. Your goal as facilitator is to prepare them to take on the task of creating the tools they need and contribute to the global effort of developing Bible translation tools.
Objective: Participants will engage innovative thinking to solving problems.
Print a copy of the Nine Dots Puzzle or draw the Nine Dots on the board and provide them with instructions. Give them 3 to 5 minutes to come up with a solution. If someone in the class has seen this puzzle before and was able to solve it easily, give them the challenge puzzle, to unite all nine dots with a single line that doesn’t cross itself.
Debrief:
Lead them in a discussion around the following questions:
Objective: Participants will engage innovative thinking to solving problems.
Transition to the thought exercise by announcing that you would like to apply this lesson to the way they do their daily work. Ask the following questions and record the answers on the board or flip chart.