AxC 2022: Day 10
Yesterday morning, we started out with zumba as the energizer: it boosted our energy and made us feel active for the rest of the day.
After breakfast, we had a public speaking exercise. We were each told to speak for one minute only about any topic and then we came up with a series of ´public speaking tips´, for example, “Be passionate” and “Interact with the audience.” We found this exercise useful because it helped us in articulating our ideas well.
After this, we had a public speaker,´Pablo Santaeufemia ´, come in and talk to us about his business ´Bridge for billions´ and explained the gaps in our entrepreneurship ecosystems why they are not inclusive or equitable. He also considered the two types of businesses as a good topic to discuss so we divided ourselves in two groups depending on our mindsets: while some believed in “for profit” businesses as the best model, others preferred the “non-profit” businesses. We had a very intense discussion where we questioned our thoughts several times and played a game with water ballons to exemplify this dichotomy. It was a lot of fun!! We finished with a business model for our project ideas and with several inspirational and motivating examples of businesses.
In the afternoon, we played a very interesting game called “The game of cities”. We were divided into six groups and were given a space and a few resources. With these materials, we had to build a sustainable city. Groups A and B were given more resources and money and were treated better by the international institutions such as the Bank or the Police Patrol, whilst groups E and F were treated harshly and were given very little resources in comparison. Some groups also experienced “natural catastrophes “ that destroyed their cities. We found out about these great inequalities at the end of the game only, when we were gathered together to reflect on the game. At the start of our discussion, there were many accusations of “corruption” from the people in the disadvantaged groups, because they felt that the other groups were treated much better. We also gathered that the exercise was a metaphor for the inequalities that take place in the real global market economy. The bank´s hesitancy to give loans to those countries was an example of the obstacles that less developed countries face.
In the evening we had a pool party!! We had some virgin mojitos, danced with each other and played some games. We also managed to throw all facilitators in the water!