What do you mean by breaking the ice?

Icebreaking is a technical term, which refers to a professional technique in training. It can be said that successfully breaking the ice is the key to whether the whole training can achieve the expected effect. The purpose of breaking the ice is to attract people's attention to the present, and not to be easily influenced by the subconscious, so as to achieve team integration and leave doubt, suspicion and alienation. Eliminate the barriers between people in the team.

This term originated from iceberg theory.

Iceberg theory: A person's "self" is like an iceberg. What we can see is only a small part of the surface-behavior, while a larger part of the inner world is hidden at a deeper level, just like an iceberg. Self includes seven levels: behavior, coping style, feelings, opinions, expectations, desires and self. It's like a giant floating iceberg. The behavior or coping style seen by the outside world is only a small part of the water surface, while the "inner" that has been suppressed for a long time and ignored by us is submerged under the water surface. Uncover the secrets of the iceberg, and you can see the desires, expectations, opinions and feelings in life, and see your true self.

The subtlety of this process is that people can explore different levels of self, understand the root of the problem, and turn their attention to the inner self, not just the content. This will enable us to make better choices.

Let the participants forget the exercise, and there will be many unnecessary ideas during the exercise, so as to achieve the purpose of breaking the ice. The disadvantage is that once the participants wake up, the invisible barrier will be restored.

Design some exercises or activities that let participants directly enter the expected state of training, so that they can be close to each other after breaking the ice. Disadvantages are similar to the above. Intimacy in this activity does not mean that there will be no separation in the next activity. It is very likely that the hard ice that was broken before will soon be restored. On the surface, it looks very enthusiastic, but at the bottom of my heart, an invisible wall has been built, making the next more difficult.

Let participants truly realize the existence of barriers between each other and use each other's strength to eliminate them. This operation is complex and high-tech. If you can't break the ice as expected, it is likely to rebound, resulting in the inability to continue training. It should be said that this technology is the most successful and effective of the three ice-breaking technologies, but the negative impact caused by improper operation is also the greatest.