Thursday, May 10, 2007

The Mystery of the Metaphor Magic

Mr. Pending sprung forward as the next presenter for his group. Smiles broke on his face as he emitted a strange warning chuckle. His group comprised of Mrs. Prayer, Mr. Input, Miss Clue, Mrs. Crisis Manager and Miss Albeit. They all beamed with support for their leader.

My team came up with these items in their baggage claim form. Miss Albeit can you put the list up on the wall so that everyone can see it,” said Mr. Pending with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

Miss Albeit was up out of her seat like a lightning ball. She placed the list up on the wall in a flash. The list had gift box, key, hairpin, vitamins, flowers, mystery book, mask, rubbing alcohol and angel pin. She remained standing as if she knew what was coming next.

"My team took a different approach in the discussion of our baggage claim form. What we would like to do now is to play a Metaphor Magic Game with the whole group,” said Mr. Pending.


This is how the game is played. Miss Clue passed out index cards to everyone in the group. Mr. Pending waited until she was through then he continued. I would like everyone to pick an item on the list and write a metaphor that is related to the workplace. When you’re through you need to place the index card besides the item on the wall. We will give everyone about two minutes to do this and then we will compare the answers. Miss Albeit will be the time keeper on this.

“This is cool,” uttered Miss Knows-it-all. The two minutes breezed in a flash. Participants got up and placed their index card on the sheet on the wall. Miss Albeit assisted the participants. When all the index cards were on the wall, Mr. Pending cleared his throat Hmmmm. The next step is to talk about the items you wrote about.

Coming up next! what the metaphor magic reveals about the workforce?
Reference: The Ten-Minute Trainer by Sharon L. Bowman

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