Values and the Blind Square

By doing the Blind Square repeatedly, I think we can develop and improve our leadership skills. In order to successfully make a square, we need to know how to give clear instructions as well as how to get everyone motivated to play the game, especially when they feel frustrated and hopeless. I think these skills are essential in leadership development.

Lots of non-new persons felt frustrated because their ideas were not heard by the new persons. So maybe one experienced person should have taken the leadership role in this game because he/she knows more about how to play the game.

I think that what people should impart from this game is working as team cohesively. We did not succeed for the most part of the game because we did not understand the importance of team work. That's why there were several small groups working on their own. If students had understood team building was the intrinsic value of the game, maybe they would have behaved differently.

I think that personal benefit is just one of the many motives for people to do something well. Doing something good to the society motivates lots of volunteers and non-profit organizations to work hard everyday because these people and organizations believe that what they do are meaningful. Personally, I do something because either it is meaningful and helps other people or I can learn some skills. If people do something only for personal interests, then there will be no donations or volunteers, and lots of people in need will not get help.

My core values are obedience and cooperation. I believe that people should obey the rules in society, so I followed the instructions given by the professor to play the game. I also believe that people should cooperate with each other to accomplish more, so I worked with other students as a team.  I did not take the leadership role in  the Blind Square task, so I cannot say how my actions were reconciled with my visions as a leader.