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Solo Activities

Activities each person does on their own during a session, for quiet reflection and personal goals.

6 tools

  • Personal Lifeline

    Solo Activities

    Personal Lifeline

    Each person draws the high and low points of their career as a single line, then reflects on what the pattern says about when they do their best work.

    Duration: 30-45 minutes Group size: 1-25

  • Illustration of three circles, one inside the other, with a person in the middle and dots in each ring

    Solo Activities

    Circle of Influence

    Sort your worries and challenges into what you can control, what you can influence and what you can't, then focus your energy where it makes a difference.

    Duration: 20-40 minutes Group size: Any, working individually or in pairs

  • Illustration of an open notebook with lines of writing and a pencil

    Solo Activities

    Reflective Journaling

    Give people quiet time to write in response to a few well-chosen prompts, so they can make sense of what they have learned and decide what comes next.

    Duration: 10-20 minutes Group size: Any, working individually

  • Values Card Sort

    Solo Activities

    Values Card Sort

    Each person sorts a pack of value cards into piles to find the five values that matter most to them, then reflects on how those values show up at work.

    Duration: 30-45 minutes Group size: 1-30

  • Illustration of a sheet folded into eight panels, each with a quick sketch, next to a stopwatch

    Service Design

    Crazy 8s

    Fold a sheet into eight panels and sketch eight ideas in eight minutes. The time pressure pushes people past their first idea into fresh thinking.

    Duration: 15-30 minutes Group size: 2-30

  • Letter to Your Future Self

    Solo Activities

    Letter to Your Future Self

    Each person writes a private letter to themselves about what they want to remember and change, and the facilitator posts it back months later.

    Duration: 15-20 minutes Group size: Any