Play and (re)build meaningful connections
Both Editions. Tap to expand.
Play it like a social game or ice breaker.
With a group, start by asking the high energy question. Poll everyone for their immediate reaction, then discuss.
Start each business meeting (or class) with a single Socratic question for four weeks. Watch everyone grow more connected and engaged.
Or with friends, play through four or five questions at a gathering.
- Normalize asking real questions
- Normalize participation
- Normalize high energy
While simple, these high energy questions are really calls to adventure.
Rules
- Before the gathering, the Host selects the cards to use and the order.
- At the gathering, Host reads the top Socratic question.
- Everyone declares a position (usually by show of hands).
- The Host probes, such as asking “why?”, “what are examples or experiences you have had?”,”how could someone test it?”—and the group asks questions of each other.
- [Optional] Each participant awards one point (or a character callout) to the participant who made the most insightful comment (the bon mot).
- Repeat for the agreed number of questions.
Grow through completing challenges, and make the world your playground
Leadership Edition. Tap to expand.
Play over days and weeks, using biweekly or weekly gatherings.
Take on challenges that speak to you, and encourage the people around you to make real world progress as well.
The middle "catalyst" question and optional bottom activity on each Leadership Edition card provide real ways to matter more at work and home. And even make workplaces a bit more like Ted Lasso's (or John Wooden's).
- Normalize making progress on the journeys that matter
- Normalize community strengthening
- Normalize running experiments to answer important questions
Easy challenges return more energy than they cost to complete, and harder challenges return even more energy.
Rules
- At the beginning of the gathering, anyone who completed a previous challenge shares their experience.
- Engage in a group discussion of the top Socratic question (from the card chosen by the host).
- Engage in a group discussion of the middle "catalyst" question.
- Present the optional challenge from the bottom of the card; do not request commitments at this time.
- Participants may choose to commit to the presented challenge or select a different one (or do nothing) after the meeting concludes.
Lead by taking the Mentor Path, and test-drive your inner hero
Leadership Edition. Tap to expand.
Play over weeks or months.
Imagine a culture that rigorously develops mentors and leaders, where people regularly take on greater challenges to become more powerful and improve their community.
The Socratic Cards Leadership Edition include a viral Mentor Path that any group can use to propagate a trackable transformation.
- Normalize asking for help
- Normalize mentoring others
- Normalize a culture that improves itself and its members
The Mentor Path lays out predicable and achievable steps to a total transformation, powered by fun and growth.
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