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Glad Sad Mad
Review a project or experience by drawing on emotions
Pratique
Aim
The Glad Sad Mad technique can be used to structure a project review. It’s an exercise that provides a means of identifying everyone’s perceptions, engaging in a constructive debate, adjusting our actions and/or sharing our skills.
Instructions
Time needed: 30 to 45 minutes
Materials:
- Something to write with
- Glad Sad Mad template (either printed out or drawn out in advance)
To make proper use of this tool, make sure you explain what each emotion means in advance:
- Glad: what you enjoyed
- Sad: what you found disappointing
- Mad: what drove you crazy
Key steps
- Once the focus of the project review has been established, invite each participant to reflect individually for 20 to 30 minutes and write their ideas on the Post-it notes provided (one Post-it note per idea).
- The participants then take it in turns to stick their Post-it notes onto the template displayed on the wall (either printed or drawn out).
- Debrief: the group takes some time to observe each other’s ideas and identify differences in their perception.
E.g.: Two people may have put the same subject in two different columns - Analysis and action plan
Get the group to vote on what topics they’d like to address. The 2 or 3 that are most popular can then be analysed collectively. Next, ask the participants to define ways they can improve and compile them into an action plan.