The foundation for the most interactive intervention is now in place. I can only sketch this three-parter. First I break up the audience into teams of three or four. Try to have disparate people or department personnel working together. Then I ask participants to discuss the sources of stress and conflict in the organization or department.
People are to share only at a level which feels comfortable.
After ten minutes of discussion, the team proceeds to generate a group picture or composite of the individual stress scenarios. Adults seem to divide between those who get excited at the prospect of drawing and the greater number who become self-consciously anxious. To clarify task instructions and reduce performance anxiety, I describe a vivid group design from a previous workshop in addition to reassuring participants that I myself am a graduate of The Institute for the Graphically-Impaired. Stick figures are just fine. The drawing phase is also limited to about ten minutes.