Team Building Exercise: Leaky Pipes

Team Building Exercise: Leaky Pipes

This is a classic exercise on team building. It is fun to participate in this exercise and yet it is quite powerful in bringing a team together while teaching communication, leadership and problem ...

Boost Creativity Using the 6-Step Problem Solving Technique

Boost Creativity Using the 6-Step Problem Solving Technique

In the 21st century world, we often need to be creative when solving problems especially with the constant need to stand out in today’s crowded markets. Being creative is therefore a very useful sk...

Fishbowl Conversation Technique

Fishbowl Conversation Technique

The fishbowl technique can be used to organise constructive discussions on a given topic. In a nutshell, the technique helps people manage a debate on the topic and keep it under control even if ma...

Caterpillar Traverse

Caterpillar Traverse

This is an entertaining team building activity where delegates get to practice working together towards a common objective while following certain rules. It is ideal for exploring leadership, plann...

Perspectives

Perspectives

Suppose there is a team meeting and the group is going to discuss the issues associated with a topic, design something or a solve a problem. For any given complex problem, there are a variety of pe...

Hands and Strings Exercise

Hands and Strings Exercise

This is a team building exercise where group members need to solve a problem together. Only two people are involved in the actual task and they cannot be replaced. Other team members should provide...

Sort Your Group into a Line

Sort Your Group into a Line

This is a team building exercise where delegates need to solve a problem while deprived of a particular sense. The purpose is to see how the group self-organises, communicates, understands what nee...

Team Building Exercise: Sort the Cards

Team Building Exercise: Sort the Cards

In this team building exercise teams work together on a common problem. The problem is intentionally designed to be simple to understand though when several people are involved it may not be as obv...

Team Building Exercise: Capture the Dragon

Team Building Exercise: Capture the Dragon

This is a fun outdoor activity ideal for team building. It is also useful for young children as it is cooperative and competitive. It’s the kind of team leading exercise that leads to a memorable e...

Team Building Exercise: Aim for the Flag

Team Building Exercise: Aim for the Flag

This is an entertaining and educational exercise for building teams and getting people to work together towards a common objective. You can explore a whole lot of topics on teamwork, leadership, co...

Creativity Exercise: What is This For?

Creativity Exercise: What is This For?

This creativity exercise is great in getting people to think how an uncommon designed object is used. The exercise can be used in two ways: Option 1. Delegates aim to find the primary function of...

Icebreaker: You Can Only Ask One Question

Icebreaker: You Can Only Ask One Question

This exercise can be used as an icebreaker but can also to see how delegates approach problem solving. The problems considered can also be customised to make the exercise even more useful when an i...

Creativity Exercise: Alternative Applications

Creativity Exercise: Alternative Applications

You can use this generic creativity exercise to get people think of unusual solutions to problems. The idea of the exercise is to force delegates to think about alternatives and then compare their ...

Brainstorming Exercise: Design Shoes

Brainstorming Exercise: Design Shoes

This is an entertaining and educational exercise. It helps to unleash people’s creativity, bring them together and get them to cooperate on a common task and solve problems. In this exercise, the m...

Use Random Stimuli to Boost Creativity

Use Random Stimuli to Boost Creativity

A great way to increase creativity is to use random stimuli. Random thoughts can lead to new associations which in turn can help the group to explore new parts of a search space not considered befo...

Decision Making: The NAF Technique

Decision Making: The NAF Technique

A particularly useful technique in brainstorming and decision making is the NAF technique. The acronym stands for New, Appeal and Feasibility. It is basically a simple way to score ideas to see if ...

Teambuilding Exercise: Handle Toxic Waste

Teambuilding Exercise: Handle Toxic Waste

In this team building exercise, the group must work together to handle toxic waste symbolised by an object. Many areas can be explored in this exercise including leadership, problem solving, teamwo...

Pictorial Problem Solving

Pictorial Problem Solving

Words can sometimes limit creativity. Humans are generally very visual and have evolved to sense the world primarily thorough focused looking and observation. As a result, a large part of the brain...