9 Feb 2015

Week 7: The Marshmallow Challenge

"Marshmallow Challenge" - till last Monday, I've never heard of this name. Therefore, the moment I heard this term, I was like "....WHAT???" Actually, it was quite an interesting game that made me be aware of my role and behavior within a group once again. 


[What happened and my role within a group]

At the first challenge, our group made kind of success: at least we built a highest tower in the class. But this was just an average height. So, if we see this as a success, that may be due to our relatively quick start. On the other hand, if we see this as a failure, that may be due to our hesitance before we get started. Now, particularly my role in my group was generating the movement, I think. For instance, I tried to provide some ideas of the structure of the tower or tried to take an initiative in starting to build the tower. However unfortunately, I'm not so good at geometry so I couldn't make my proposal with strong confidence. But that didn't become a huge obstacle because other team members supplemented each other. This should be the largest reason of our success at our first try.
At the second challenge, we didn't really make any progress. I personally think this might be due to the decrease in the collaborative mood in our group. We kind of focused on our own working this time. I guess this has things to do with our boredom to this game...(omg, I might get in trouble lol) Well, in other words, I guess we lacked "stamina". 

[Lessons I got]

Actually, I thought myself do not  hesitate so much before taking an action but noticed that especially in the sphere I do not have much knowledge, I DO. Also, I, again, noticed my problem of lacking "stamina". So, from now on, I should one, intentionally try to have activeness in starting the action especially in the field I'm not familiar with and two, try to keep my motivation in team activity....
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown9 Feb 2015, 17:05:00

    Hi Ei

    It is very interesting to see my member's reaction in the same group, because each of them felt as same way and also different way.
    And It is very funny that you noticed our lack of "stamina" at the second challenge, I felt so too. There is kind of mood that we do not so much want to get higher score don't you? As you said, I want to keep my motivation and "stamina" too. Thanks for your great work!

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  2. Ken10 Feb 2015, 17:34:00

    Hi Ei,

    Thanks for posting your introduction and these fine posts on the "Lighten Up" chapter and the Marshmallow challenge. Regarding the latter, I find your comments very interesting. It is said of emergent leaders that they tend to first focus on the needs of the task (like you did) and then later focus on the needs of the group (the stamina issue that you mentioned, and which seemed to be needed).

    Finally, I like your picture. You got a nice angle on your structure, and the lighting is nice,

    Ken

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