When you want the group to learn more about each other, get oxytocin flowing to increase trust and empathy.

You use a set of story cubes and let the images inspire your story-telling – they can be used in many different ways. This activity can work for any small to medium-sized group, and even in one-on-one coaching.

Preparation

1. Get a set of story cubes.

Steps

1. Sit in an undisturbed, quiet area.
2. Decide on a theme, e.g. personal story from childhood, future plans, the experience in the project.
3. The first person rolls the dice, checks the images that have come up and selects 5 of the cubes.
4. Depending on your theme, you might have decided on a starting phrase – “When I was a kid..”, “In the last few years..”, “What I really liked..”
5. The storyteller uses the 5 images in their story. Note that there is no specific meaning for each cube, it is up to the storyteller’s interpretation.
6. Everyone takes turns to roll the dice, pick 5 cubes and start telling their story. You can time-box the storytelling per person or let the full stories unravel.

Debrief

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Creator

Rory O’connor