What I Need From You
One ask, to the team, said out loud.
Everyone names one thing they need from the people in the room that they are not currently getting. Named, not anonymous — an ask without an owner cannot be answered. Uncomfortable for about ninety seconds and then extremely productive.
Run this when…
The situations it was built for. If none of these is the room you have, it is probably the wrong activity.
- A team that keeps having the same friction
- After a reorg changed who does what
- A manager's first month with a new team
How it runs
Everyone types a short answer and it lands on the big screen as it arrives.
- 1You start a session and put the code on the big screen.
- 2Everyone joins on their phone — no app, no sign-up, just the code.
- 3You drive the pace from the host screen; the room answers as they go.
- 4Ending the session builds the report, with every answer in it.
Running it well
Only the host sees these. Participants never do.
- Insist on specific asks. 'More communication' is not an ask; 'tell me when the spec changes' is.
- Budget time to respond. Collecting asks and not answering them is worse than not asking.
This one needs a warm room
It asks for real candour. In a group that has already loosened up it is the best thing in the Library; in a cold room it lands somewhere between awkward and harmful. Run an icebreaker or an energiser first.
Run it yourself
Free for thirty days, no card. Add it, share the code, and your room is playing in about fifteen seconds.
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- Players
- 4–60
- Runs for
- 10–18 min
- Where
- Remote or in person
- Big screen
- Required
- Teams
- Individual only
- Best for
- Candour & trust