
SB 315 Handout 1
315 – Now there’s an idea!
Team Leader A Instructions
Your role as the team leader is very important for the success of the exercise. Your
team's task is to come up with as many ways to cross a river as possible. Appoint a
recorder to capture the team's ideas. Usually, after the more obvious ones are
mentioned, there is a pause and then other less obvious ideas surface.
It is critical to your role that you discourage creative approaches. As soon as someone
comes up with a wild idea, make a disparaging remark and/or use body language to
show a negative reaction. Conversely, praise the ordinary ideas by saying things like, ...