Radical different from traditional psychologial assessment
The concept of Diversity Icebreaker is radical different from traditional psychologial assessment. A normal test procedure is to reveal individual qualities most precisely. In Diversity Icebreaker the questionnaire functions as a starting point. The process in the seminar invites people to fill in with shared understaind on the question of ”What does Red really mean?”
People with a dominant Red preference give an answer from ”within”. Then the other groups are invited to give their view from ”outside”. This creates a shared understanding of the social meaning of these labels. This process builds relevant meaning to the labels, and psychological expert knowledge is not so relevant anymore.
This process creates positive ownership to the labels and we think this is important for the continual use of the concepts following the seminars.
Creates synergy out of diversity
Through collective reflection at the end of the seminar, there are possibilities to develop a shared understanding of the group dynamics in the process, the effect of labeling, the understanding of the social construction of concepts like Red, Blue and Green, the need of being salient on diversity in order to create synergy out of diversity, the need of a positive acknowledgemenet both individually and collectively of the diversity – and what diversity is relevant for the team and organization to address in order to be more functional.
This collective reflection is the momentum that is important to promote being used in teams and organizations when they shal act with empowerment and autonomy.
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