• Learning from past experiences
• Switching point of view on a complex topic
• Debating within the group, building on participants’ previous expériences.

Duration: 3 hours (2 x 1h20 + 15 minutes)

On the latest 2 days before the session takes place, ask for experienced people within the group to share their personal experience on a topic that matters for the group (for example Self-management). They will be the “lecturers”. Split the group in two teams of 14 persons. Each group will be the audience of one of the two “lectures” that will occur simultaneously in two separate rooms.

For half an hour to 45 minutes, each “lecturer” will share their personal experience with the others, bringing to light its context and what they learnt from it regarding the topic of the lecture (for example regarding group dynamics, cooperation, decision making and self-management).

This introduction, based on their very personal experience and analysis, will open a discussion with their audience, which will ask for clarifications and question the concepts and the hypothesis, building on their own experiences and thoughts. After 1 hour and twenty minutes, the groups will switch in order to assist to the second “conference”, following the same process.

After both audiences have assisted to both conferences, gather all the participants again to conclude on what they learnt from the exercise, what moved them and how they think they could reuse the tool back home.

• 2 paper boards + markers