Start your meeting with a difference, and get everybody to build a tower out of 5 random objects

How to do it

This activity works particularly well for online meetings, where everybody is at their own desk (or bed, or kitchen table, or hammock, or...). The aim is to grab 5 objects close to hand, and build some sort of free-standing structure out of them.

Give everybody just 2 minutes to gather 5 objects, and try to stack them up in some way. It should be just enough time for them to gather anything that is close... they shouldn’t have to think too hard about it.

This is different to the regular old team-building activity of building a tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows. It’s not a competition; it’s more about showing people what they’re capable of creating with tight constraints in such a short time.

After the 2 minutes is up, give everybody the opportunity to (quickly) share what they made on-camera. You might then like to ask your group to make any comments about what this activity showed them.

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