Chapter 034 - 2011.04.07
Found an old Excel file -
with this date.
Kindness Competitions are an alternative way to do team competitions.
I made the discovery while doing a practice mini-triathlon session -
with my tri-club -
on our regular Thursday night get togethers.
We were a great assortment of ages and performance levels -
as well as both genders.
I thought there must be a way to add a little something -
in the way of a group competition -
that would incentivize everyone to push a little harder -
no matter whether -
you were the top performer or -
last one in.
And kindness competitions grew out of this new pursuit.
The solution is fully baked -
and can be accessed by anyone here -
You and anyone else can use this tool to -
create your own different types of kindness competitions.
The solution creates two (2) or more teams -
out of all the participants, but -
no one knows who is on what team.
This way everyone cheers on and helps everyone else.
There are no team captains -
everyone is an equal -
the top performers are no more important -
than the bottom performers.
The solution trick -
was to establish performance balance -
across each team -
with all participants.
But done after all performances are completed -
instead of before.
This way the solution can find -
the very best balancing combinations.
What results is -
every participant pushing a little bit harder -
to deliver slightly better personal results -
counts more equally.
So it does matter matter -
if that improvement comes from -
the top or bottom participant.
It does not matter what the competition measures:
time
distance
count
accuracy
etc.
Many many different types of kindness competitions are possible.
What it cannot do is -
individual performance type competitions -
where the objective is to establish a top performing individual participant.