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Better Than Bingo · Activity Slides
The Learning Résumé
Write the professional résumé nobody sees: the attempt, miss, revision, and lesson that changed your practice.
18–25 min3–24 peopleIndividual
Better Than BingoActivity slides
Better Than Bingo · Activity Slides
The Learning Résumé
Write the professional résumé nobody sees: the attempt, miss, revision, and lesson that changed your practice.
18–25 min3–24 peopleIndividual
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Facilitator prep · Do not project yet
Set the room up for success.
Materials
- Paper or private digital document
Before you begin
- Use only with a group that has established trust
- Prepare a real facilitator example that is not a humble brag
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What to say
“Write for yourself first. You control what leaves the page. If you share, focus on what changed in your thinking—not on proving how spectacularly you failed.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Never require public sharing.
- Allow participants to reflect on a low-stakes attempt.
- Do not record individual stories.
Watch out for
- Do not use with a newly formed or low-trust group.
- Leaders must not use disclosures in evaluation, gossip, or later decision-making.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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Define the activity as private reflection with optional sharing.
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Give eight quiet minutes to list attempts, misses, revisions, and resulting lessons.
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Ask participants to star one lesson they are willing to share.
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Share in groups of three with no fixing, advice, or follow-up questions unless invited.
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For the group
Keep going.
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Close by capturing general lessons without names or stories.
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Prompt 01
An idea I believed in that did not survive contact with reality
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
Something I stopped doing and why
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
Feedback I resisted before I understood it
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
A lesson I paid for with time
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- What helps a team learn without hiding mistakes?
- Which general lesson could improve our next decision?