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No, Oh Really, Yes
In pairs, planning something together — a party, a picnic — in three passes. First each idea is demolished and replaced, as creatively as possible. Then each idea is accepted, but sceptically, as if you had to go along with it. Then each is met with 'yes, and…' and built on. The page's own finding from running it: the blocking round at least produces conflict, the yes-and round develops furthest, and the grudging middle round is nearly always the least interesting.
- The first pass asks people to demolish a partner's idea and call it stupid; it is brief and framed, and it still lands on someone
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- behavioral-rehearsal, cognitive-reframing, emotional-processing
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/nej-jassa-ja — Dramaövningar.se, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik
In this directory via Dramaövningar.se
Related: The No Game (variant-of) · Yes, let’s... (alternative-to)
status: checked · added 2026-09-01