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CHAPTER 5

Cooperation: Working Together as a Team

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CATCH!

This is . . .

A fast-paced ball-tossing game where participants are encouraged to improve the time it takes to pass the ball around the group.

The purpose is . . .

The group sees that improvements can always be made to a process and that it takes the whole team to make process improvement work.

Use this when . . .

  • The group needs to be looking to itself (rather than the boss) for ways to improve.
  • A feeling of arrogance (“We can’t get much better than this!”) is strong in the group.

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