7.3 This exercise will teach your body (not your mind) how to follow another person. The exercise will require another person to provide the fi nger your fi nger will follow for three minutes. You and your partner are to sit comfortably in chairs facing one another, close enough so your knees can touch. Your partner is to raise her right pointing fi nger about eye level and point it in your direction. Her fi nger should be above her knees. You are to raise your left pointing fi nger so it is within one or two inches of her fi nger.

The object of the exercise is for you to simply follow her fi nger with yours for a period of three minutes. No matter where she goes with her fi nger, you simply follow it as best you can. Your partner is to keep her fi nger in the two dimensional plane that separates your knees. Pretend a sheet of glass is separating you and your partner extending from the fl oor, between your knees, and above your heads. Your partner is not to move her fi nger so quickly that it’s impossible for you to follow.

And neither of you are allowed to talk during the three minutes. Just see what it’s like to simply follow her fi nger.
What was this experience like for you? Do your responses to this exercise give you any insight into your willingness and ability to be a follower in your group work?
How might you modify or change your attitudes and behaviors to be a more effective follower in the future?