On Repeat: Level 3: Context-to-Context

This is the third part of the post series about On Repeat games we use in PREXcoaching®, which focuses on context-to-context activities. Since I’ve already discussed these in depth in some of my earlier posts, I’ll keep this short by giving a brief overview of relevant posts.

In July, I wrote a post called Context May Be King, but Flexibility Is Queen, which discussed the importance of proper wording in the given context.

It dwells on the anecdote of a conversation I overheard on a tram among a group of students, where the obviously smartest one of them got irritated at a job interview as the HR asked him to explain a database to a five-year-old. And while the other two offered solutions in terms of a toy box or a sock drawer, the prodigy dismissed their silly answers stating that “a database is a complex concept, and a five-year-old does not have the mental capacity to comprehend it,” adding that “the company should hire five-year-olds if they want to dumb down their work.”

Clearly, we’re all going to agree that dumbing down was not the idea the HR had in mind when they interviewed him, but I did notice at the time that most of the examples on the importance of context were focused on “explaining it to a five-year-old.”

Which is a good example, don’t get me wrong, but what about grandmas, neighbors, shop assistants, passers-by, the legal department? Because, sometimes, it’s more difficult to explain something to the legal department than to a five-year-old. (Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what I’ve noticed. 🙃)

And in short, this is why, in PREXcoaching®, we practice shifting contexts, by translating wording into as many contexts as possible.

Flex Your Buzz is one of the simplest On Repeat context-to-context games. You can play it two ways. First, you can choose a phrase and then switch contexts, or you can choose a bit simpler option and then switch phrases and contexts simultaneously.

If you find the game to be a bit challenging, try an even simpler version, called Buzz Off Script, where you run buzzwords through various contexts.

But before you do all of that, here’s a little teaser for you:

Can you fit “Let’s go after the low-hanging fruit first” into a toast at your best friend’s wedding?