Team Building

How many birds are in this picture?
How many birds are in this picture?
How many black birds are in this picture?
Wrong answer subtracts points
Which line connect to where?
What is the picture? slow reveal
Pictionary slow reveal
Bingo

2 teams (5 per)

1. Make teams (gems) - team swap at each event
2. Team building
3. Flags

1. poker chips
2. flags
3. hats
4. score sheet

Supplies all at work.

• Have the best poker hand (from 1 deck of cards) - five of a kind not possible

1. You must always have atleast 2 cards at your table
2. No pens/paper/phones etc
3. 3 rounds per game
4. each round,
   • 1 person must always remain at your table and wear the hat
   • Two people can go to the other team's table to look
   • Two people can go to switch *up to* 3 cards each round
     • for hidden cards (1st/2nd/3rd rounds) or for showing cards (2nd/3rd rounds)

- Additional rules per round???

Need to buy spaghetti, marshmellows (2 sizes)
Bring measuring tape, scissors, pot, tools, ziplocks masking tape, ziplocks

1. Tallest spaghetti tower wins
   1. start with 20 sticks of spaghetti, lots of mini marshmellows, 1 big marshmellow
   2. measuring tape
   3. pencil/paper allowed
   4. no phones/computers/internet
2. Get better supplies by completing tasks
   1. 1 person / per team at a time. Must be a different person each time. Wear the hat.
   2. each person gets one nerf gun (3 shots), 3 eggs, 3 chickens
   3. throw eggs / chickens into pot
   4. nerf hit the target
   5. don't cross the tape line
      1. bigger marshmellows - 1 eggs, 1 chicken, 1 nerf target
      2. thicker pasta / more spaghetti - 2 eggs
      3. gum drops - 2 chickens
      4. scissors / tools / string / tape - 2 nerf targets

1. Best poker hand out of 7 cards at time-out wins.
   1. keep one upside down (if you want)
   2. 2 decks of cards
   3. There will be a count down (5 minute games).
   4. Larger distances
2. You must always have atleast 4 cards at your table.
3. 1 person must always remain at your table and wear the hat.
4. Must be carrying egg when you leave your table
   • if you drop the egg, go back to your table
5. 1 card / person
   • timed, can swap cards as many times as you want
6. Trade in your cards for nerf guns / chickens
   • keep trying until you get it
   1. To take a showing card from table, throw a chicken into a pot
   2. To take a hidden card from table, hit a target with nerf gun

1. Scores
2. Prizes
3. metals / trophies / photos

Without player elimination

Each round should be three activities.

• First game for points
• Second game for points and an advantage in next challenge
• Team swap

Advantages

• should help but not be too overpowered
• better nerf gun etc

Rounds

• physical
  • pull up
  • pencil bottle
• mental
  • puzzle
  • what has changed on this table
• kinetic
  • marshmellow spaghetti tower
  • nerf target
• communication
  • picture story
  • telephone charades / blind drawing challenge

• Third game for points
• After each game we draw rocks and one (or more) player(s) is traded to the other team.
• One game will give a team an advantage in the next challenge.

• player with fewest X's at end of game wins!
• The losing team can draft a player from the winning team
• 10 people. 2 teams of 5.

After each game, top team trades with bottom team

Team swap part way through
X's instead of elimination
Rewards for advantage in next challenge
ex) recruit any smart employee to join your team if they will do it

Drawing Challenge / Pictionary

• blind drawing challenge
• back to back telelphone

Pull Up Challenge

Nerf Challenge

Puzzle Challenge

Chicken / Egg Challenge

Marshmallow Spaghetti Tower

Paper plane contest

Egg drop

activity that requires no talking

• order in birthdays

pencil drop

• pencil tied to string and to waste.
• run over
• kneel down to drop the pencil into bottle.

flip it over

• everyone stands on the tarp.
• first team to flip it over without stepping on the ground

PIcture Story

• The activity takes about 30 minutes and there are 30 sequential pictures that work together to form a narrative. The pictures are distributed to the participants and are asked to not reveal it to the others. They can of course talk and describe what features on their picture. The task calls for creating a unified story and placing the pictures as per the sequence, without the teammates looking at one another’s pictures.

The Barter Puzzle
Each group is given different jigsaw puzzle with same level of complexity. The team that is able to put all the pieces together in least possible time is the winner.

The challenge comes with puzzle pieces being mixed with other groups’ jigsaw puzzle. The team has to come up with ways to get the pieces back through negotiation, trading, exchanging team members, etc. However it should be a group decision and not individual choice. This calls for great deal of problem solving and consensus building within the group.

For: Creative Problem Solving & Collaboration Exercise
What You'll Need: 1 rope, 1 key, and 5-10 puzzles or clues, depending on how much time you want to spend on the game
Instructions: Gather the team into a conference room or other empty space and “lock” the door. Beforehand, select one team member to play the zombie — dead eyes, arms outstretched, muttering “braaaaiiiinnnnssss” and all. The volunteer zombie will be tied to the rope in the corner of the room, with 1 foot of leeway. Once the team exercise starts, every five minutes the rope restraining the hungry zombie is let out another foot. Soon, the zombie will be able to reach the living team members, who will need to solve a series of puzzles or clues to find the hidden key that will unlock the door and allow them to escape before it's too late.