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Sunday - travel to offsite location (we often prefer an airbnb accomodation which forces sharing and negotiation ;)
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Go shopping together - two teams - draw straws for cookingStraws, credit card!
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Workshop materials
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7pmDinner
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Setup: Make sure notes are captured. I find starting a google doc and rotating the job of note taking across the team so it alternates each session works well.
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Monday
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9amIntro to offsite Explain the purpose of why you're all here, use the pre-offsite survey synthesis from your team to play back why they said they wanted an offsite and what they wanted to achieve. But make sure you share your vision too and prioritise!10 mins
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Warm up exerciseIce-breaker: you could use anything here including improv, team building games, etc. Whatever takes your fancy. http://www.businessballs.com/teambuilding.htm has some great resources. You're looking for something that helps get people off their buts and moving, and more importantly, talking to each other, not just to their usual co-workers.10 mins
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9.30amHopes and fearsGet a flipchart and hand out post-its and big sharpie markers. Get everyone to write down hopes and fears at the same time. Give everyone a few minutes and then start asking for their hopes and fears. They should read them out loud and then hand or even better, put them on the board under the corresponding column.
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10am Highlights to date (visual exercise - everyone has to bring printouts / objects that represent highlights of the year so far for them)Ask everyone to print out or bring with them something that represents their highlights to date - ideally the period since the last offsite or just 6-12 months if it's been too long!

Use the space of your offsite - a big wall works well, and stick up the print outs on to the wall and ask everyone to talk about what's up there. You can add post it comments if you like but I prefer to capture that separately. 		Blue tack / pins / something to stick everyone's print outs up on
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11am Ground Rules How are we gonna work together during the offsite? Brainstorm and discuss 6-8 key principles or ground rules to help you work with each other during the offiste. Might include 'no cell phones' or 'one conversation at a time'
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Business model canvasBusiness model canvas template plotted big
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For each each map out and brainstorm:Download http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas/bmc and get it plotted onto a giant piece of paper and use it as a canvas for this half day session. Suggestion: print 2-3 and use the first one to map what you do now, and then you can use the subcequent versions as your iterations during the offsite.
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Assumptions
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Experiments
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12.30pm Lunch
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1.30pm Map out new and existing experiments
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Divide into pairs
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Design an experiment for each
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Share back
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2.30pmDiscuss existing experiments
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For each:
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Where are we?
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Where do you need help?
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How do we measure success?
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3.45pmReflection - what's clearer now?
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4pmTeam Activity
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Tuesday
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9amWarm up 10 mins
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Design session: Experiment 3
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10.30amDesign session: Experiment 4
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12pmLunch
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1pmProduct roadmap: discuss backlog and prioritise
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Group activity: collect needs, brainstorm ideas
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2pmGroup activity prioritisation
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Brainstorming each major story e.g. Admin etc.
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3.45pmReflection - what's clearer now?
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4pmTeam activity
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Wednesday
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9amCreative session: Office Warfare, hosted by Stationary Arms Manufacturer
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10amFinancials & Pricing
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Costs
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12pmLunch
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1pmTeam and Culture
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Plan for office
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What are our hopes and fears for our culture and team?
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and Space?
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How do we work better together?
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2.30pmRoles and Responsibilities
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Map back everything against people, teams and process (how do we work together)
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What new capabilities or training for existing staff do we need?
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4pm Beers and reflections...
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Dinner
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10am head home
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