Marshmallow

The

Challenge

Tom Wujec Autodesk

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Peter Skillman

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The

Challenge

20 sticks of spaghetti
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+ one yard tape

one yard string + one marshmallow

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Deep Lessons
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Simple Activity

Lesson One:

Prototyping

Matters

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Typical Progress

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Typical Progress

Start

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Minutes

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0 Orient
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18

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18 Plan

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18 Plan Build

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18 Plan Build Ta-Da!

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18 Plan Build Oh-Oh!

Minutes

Performs
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Who Consistently

Poorly?

Recent Business School Graduates

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Performs

Who Consistently

Well?

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Recent Kindergarten School Graduates

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Why?
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0 Orient Plan Build Ta-Da!

18

Minutes

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Business Students

0 Orient Plan Build Ta-Da!

18

Minutes

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Business Students

Kindergarten Students

0 Orient Plan Build Ta-Da!

18

Minutes

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Prototype

Refine
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Lesson Two:

Skills Matter
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Diverse

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Kindergarten

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Kinder- Architects & garten Engineers

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CEOs & Executive Admins

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Specialized Skills + Facilitation Skills = Success

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Kinder- Architects & CEOs garten Engineers

CEOs & Executive Admins

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Lesson Three:

Magnify Outcomes
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Incentives

Average Team Performance

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Average Team Performance

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High Stakes
30
AUTODESK INC. 111 McInnis Parkway San Rafael, Californiax

20 10 0

Marshmallow Challenge
PAY TO THE ORDER OF IN THE AMOUNT OF

$10,000 00

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS

Authorization

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High Stakes - Informed Attempt

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Incentives

Low Skills

Success

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Incentives

Low Skills

Success

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Incentives Incentives

Low Skills

Success High Success

+ Skills =

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Marshmallow

Why Conduct the

Challenge?

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Marshmallow
in their Projects.

Help Teams Identify the

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Experience

Shared

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Experience Common Language

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Shared

Experience Common Language Facilitation

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Shared

Prototyping &

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Marshmallow Challenge About the Challenge
The marshmallow challenge is a design collaboration game intended to help teams experience fundamental dynamics of teamwork as well as break the ice in brainstorming and collaboration sessions.

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Running a marshmallow challenge is easy. The ingredients cost only a few dollars and the time invested is less than an hour.

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Step One: Find a Venue, Willing Teams and Reasons. Step Two: Get the Ingredients.

Step Three: Set up the Environment. Step Four: Equip the Tables.

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