Activity Guide
Scenarios
This document sets out the structure of the workshop, how each section is designed to be run and what the results of each section should be.
Activity Ten : Scenarios
Activity Ten Facilitator's Notes : Scenarios
The final discussion section encourages the delegates to reflect upon situations they may find themselves in and gives an opportunity to apply what theyve learnt in the workshop to actual scenarios.
Facilitator's Notes
In the pilot workshops, we presented four different scenarios.
You were sharing a lift with a younger colleague going down a motorway and they were pushing 100mph.
Many individuals responses revolved around the feeling of safety with delegates reporting that they would not do anything about the situation if they 'felt safe, although this was never the group consensus in the pilots. Facilitators challenged the perception of safety at high speeds by asking the delegates to explain what does make them feel safe when sharing a lift, what they base that on, and to consider what would make them say something about another persons driving.
Some delegates reported that they would feel uncomfortable at this speed no matter who the driver was and would ask the driver to slow down, or if they felt that doing so would make the situation worse, ask to stop at the next services and voice concerns over the speed then.
Some delegates reported that they would say something, but they would present the consequences of being caught by the police. This could either be because of a genuine concern of the presence of enforcement, or because they found it an easier way of asking a driver to slow down than of expressing their views that they were not safe or uncomfortable with the way that someone was driving.
In one of the early pilot workshops, one participant put the question back to the group and asked would they do anything if it was an older colleague. In later workshops the facilitators asked this to the workshops. Sometimes delegates changed their opinion – they would for a young driver but not for a senior colleague because they believed there would consequences for doing so, or they wouldnt for a young driver, but would for a senior colleague because they were acting in a way contrary to what they expect from their employees.
On an evening, you went bowling for a friends birthday and had several drinks. It is the morning after and you are due to drive to a meeting.
One common response given by delegates was that they would not find themselves in this situation, having decided to not drink the night before. This prioritisation of the two goals (to socialise with friends and to drive safely on the road the next day) is the 'right answer and delegates were encouraged to share examples of when they have done this.
Although there was debate over how much you would drink the night before, and how this would affect your decision, other delegates reported that if they felt fine they would drive – although frequently in this situation, other members of the group questioned whether they would still have alcohol in their system. In absence of it coming from the group, facilitators asked the delegates if 'feeling fine and not having any alcohol in your system is the same thing.
Some delegates presented solutions to the problem which would stop them from driving, such as sharing a lift if another colleague was going to the meeting, or taking public transport.
One group in the pilot workshops reported that their employers had a policy that staff could treat it as a sick day if they felt they had too much to drink the night before, rather than drive for work in an impaired state - although some reported that they would drive anyway even with the policy because they feared how taking a sick day for such a reason would reflect on them.
Your alarm clock didnt go off in the morning and you are late for work.
Quite often delegates joked that this was a frequent occurrence.
Many delegates reported that if they were only a few minutes late then they would try and make up the time whilst driving to work - for example by eating breakfast behind the wheel or driving quicker. For longer periods of time delegates reported that they would be late anyway and not try and rush to make up the time.
When delegates reported that they would try to make up the time, they gave the reason that there would be negative consequences to being late.
Facilitators encouraged them to reflect upon whether being five minutes late for work due to an issue out of their control was as severe as they perceived, and how they prioritised getting to work safely and getting to work on time.
You arrive home and suddenly realise you do not remember all of the journey. Were those lights on green?
Again, many delegates responded that this was a common occurrence, and put it down to 'being on auto-pilot. A frequently- voiced experience by delegates was being on 'auto-pilot, and stopping at a green light.
Although the most common responses to this were "thats just the way it is" and "theres nothing you can do" it is a good example of a situation on the roads which delegates may not have considered before. Delegates were encouraged to reflect upon why this happens, and what circumstances might provoke it.
When running workshops, facilitators include other examples which they are more comfortable with. These can include situations which a participant might frequently encounter at work - such as a job over-running and having to fit a tight schedule into the rest of the day, or becoming wound up about an issue.
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