This term originated from iceberg theory, which means that people, like icebergs, have only a small part of consciousness, and a larger part is latent consciousness, or indistinguishable consciousness.
Breaking the ice is to attract people's attention to the present, because now attention cannot or is not easily influenced by potential consciousness, so as to achieve team integration, leave doubt, suspicion and alienation around, and then realize team cooperation and cultivate mutual tacit understanding and trust.
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Matters needing attention
1. Know your audience. Not all adults are willing to do trivial things in the classroom at first. Generally speaking, the higher the status, the less willing people are to take risks in playing games that might make them look stupid.
2. People's clothes may give you a hint to help you judge how many students are willing to take risks from the beginning. You should choose the openness of the game according to their clothes.
People you already know will find this kind of exercise meaningless. Students who are composed of people from different companies often feel that ice-breaking games can help them get to know each other.
4. In practice, we found that how to deal with the "software" learned from ice-breaking games (such as avoiding friction, interpersonal communication, etc.) is far more beneficial than learning computer software. Students who often cooperate with others are more willing to participate in special exercises than those who only cooperate with a few people.
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