To use Cherry Split as a group exercise, present a challenge to a group and ask them to split it into as many attributes as possible. List the attributes as they are suggested, and keep going as long as anyone has ideas for further splitting. It doesn’t matter if some of the suggestions overlap, but do ask anyone who volunteers a seemingly similar attribute to explain how it’s different. If they believe it offers something new, go ahead and list it. Ask each member of the group to reassemble the attributes into a new way of looking at the challenge. Start with one person’s idea and ask the
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