SB 315-3
• Often team members are initially reluctant to accuse their leader. If so, ask
questions such as:
− Were your ideas accepted positively?
− Were you free to be creative in your ideas?
• Reveal that the team leaders had different instructions.
• Go over your observations from the discussions.
• Have the participants discuss the differences in atmosphere. Ask them to decide
what behaviors contributed to a positive creative atmosphere and what behav-
iors made it a negative atmosphere. List them on the flip chart.
• Go around the room and ask the participants from both teams what they can do
to make their work teams more creative.
• Summarize the exercise by reminding participants that since synergy and crea-
tivity are so ...