ALL THE NEWS

• The "All the News" team building activity promotes teamwork and aims to get teams to creatively ponder about the future of the company and its vision.
• The time allotment is one hour and only paper and pens are needed.
• Participants will be divided into three or four groups. Groupings can be by department or sub-team.
• Each team will draft a "mock newspaper article" that shows what their business unit or the whole company will achieve in the future.
• After the specified time is up, each group will present their finished work.

SHARK TANK OR DRAGONS' DEN

• This activity is a fun way of emulating the renowned "Shark Tank" TV show.
• It encourages teams to think about innovative products or services that they all need to develop and present to a panel of "sharks/dragons."
• Employees can form even-numbered groups. Each group must develop a new product, a service, or a company.
• The teams must collaborate to build a business plan around the product or service and pitch them to the panel of investors.

A SHRINKING VESSEL

• The activity may seem simple but it is considered as an effective method to foster teamwork and develop problem-solving abilities.
• The objective of the game is to get the group to think of ways to occupy a designated area that continues to shrink as the game progresses.
• The area boundaries can be marked by tape, a rope, or other similar materials.

MACHINE MADE

• This activity fosters teamwork and forces teams to think creatively amidst changes.
• Employees can be grouped into 6-10 members per team.
• Each team will be given around 6 minutes to strategize and form a human machine.
• They will then perform a demonstration of how their human machines work.
• After this, one member from each team will be removed.
• The remaining members will then be given three minutes to modify their machine.

USE WHAT YOU HAVE

• This activity aims to motivate teams to think together to come up with a solution to a challenge.
• Employees can be divided into groups of 5 or less.
• The teams will then be given a problem to fix.
• Some examples include: creating machines to move items, building something to address an inconvenience, and other challenges.
• However, the teams can only use random items found in the room.
• After the specified time is up, each group should demonstrate their solutions.