Session 2 - The Hidden Treasures: Intellectual Capital at Work

On the second session MICMNGMT we had an activity involving the whole class. The class was divided into two groups. Both groups have to fall in-line and one member of each group was to read a short instruction written in a piece of paper he or she will try to memorize as vividly as he or she can for he or she will pass the message to another member of the group by whispering it through his or her ear. This will go on until the last member will write the message on the white board. On our group I was the one to start the message relay (lucky me!). So i did'nt mind I just told myself "chicken feed" I can easily retain anything written on the instruction and passed it full to my group. So then we began, I passed the message to a group member then he passed it to the next, so on and so fort. When the last member of the group have to write the message on the board I had noticed that "what?!? this is'nt the message that i passed!" It was totally different, it came out a as a new message.

My realization on this activity is that following instruction is not merely memorizing what is the message, one must know and have a clear view of the set of instruction. It is very common that message is lost in time as it is passed from one person to another. One must not merely memorize it it should be well documented to have a precise result on the instruction given. Now I now know why "chismis" goes out of proportion its because of this kind of message sharing where the "mouse" in a story will eventually become a "elephant" as the message is passed along. :p