Here’s a favourite tool for the workplace or elsewhere. Say you’re working on something and you’d like feedback – this tool helps you get feedback and suggestions on improvement in a way that’s almost pleasurable. I know, sounds improbable.
It goes like this …
First, requester asks “perfector” to play “the perfection game” on something requester is working on.
Assuming they agree …
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Requester shows perfector the “thing”
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The perfector rates the thing on a scale 1–10 according to how much additional value s/he thinks s/he can add (if perfector cannot say how to make the object better, s/he must give it a 10!)
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Perfector says “What I liked about the thing was …” and proceeds to list the qualities of the thing s/he enjoyed
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Perfector says ”For it to be a 10 for me, it would …” and describes what s/he sees
Commitments
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Requester accepts perfecting reflections without argument
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Perfector gives only positive comments: what s/he likes and what it would take to “be a 10”
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If perfector cannot specifically say how to make the object better, she/he must give it a 10
“Perfection Game” is created by Jim and Michelle McCarthy, one of their many great “apps”.