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Ladder of Inference Activity

Key learnings for participants: It is important to be aware of assumptions, and recognize one is
making them, though sometimes it will be necessary to make
assumptions (due to urgency of decisions, lacking complete
information) 
Dynamic tension between speed of decisions and cost of gathering
complete information (it is not practical to have all facts before
making decisions; assumptions are […]

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TP Shuffle Instruction Page

This event is designed to get the group interacting, having fun and is traditionally an icebreaker.

Although a great icebreaker, there are great insights that are possible in the areas of:

leadership,
trust,
communication and
changing perspectives.
Any of these can be touched upon during discussion and connected back to work.

To complete the tasks the team will need to use teamwork, cooperation and creativity.

This event is also great way to get people touching each other without feeling threatened.

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All Aboard Instruction Page

All group members are to stand on the platform long enough to count to 10. Begin with the largest version of the platform and move to the smallest.

This is a group activity that involves increasing trust through proximity, dealing with dwindling / limiting resources and problem solving.

Like many activities, this has typical communication and leadership challenges. Best of all, it is actually fun too and can get the group laughing with each other.

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Horizontal Web Instruction Page

For the entire group to travel from one side of the web to the other.

Teamwork and communication is essential for overall success. Once you begin to go through the web, you ‘lose all perspective’ and must be coached and helped to get through.

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Electric Fence Instruction Page

The objective of this exercise is to get the entire group from one side of the ‘fence’ to the other.

Ask the participants to imagine that this is an electric fence with a force field from the top of the fence to the ground and stretches on forever in either direction.

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Spider Web Instruction Page

For the entire group to travel through the web to the other side, without touching the web. Each participant must travel through a different opening in the web.

This requires the entire team to manage their differences (size, disposition, strength, intelligence, etc.), it requires commitment, it’s very physical without being strenuous, and it’s fun.

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Board Walking Kit Instruction Page

The BoardWalking Kit is awesome fun. The four activities included cover teamwork, leadership, trust, problem solving – all the great elements to create a high-performing team.

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Walk the Plank Instruction Page

Walk the Plank is a fantastic kit that has 7 different activities that can be run with the materials. The activities cover every aspect of creating a team you could want – leadership, communication, trust, teamwork, problem solving and more!

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Tied In Knots Instruction Page

As a group, pick the one rope that connects all others.

This is a very simplistic exercise designed help groups practice consensus building and decision-making. It will encourage group members to participate and is a great precursor to more complex problem solving exercises or workshop (60-Minute Version).

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Team Shackles Instruction Page

Challenge a team’s belief that something is impossible.

It is also a great way to explore people’s willingness to ask for help or give help if it will benefit the whole team.

Paradigm shift may result. It is a great leverage point to come back to if other paradigm shifts need to happen with the group.

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Supply Chain Instruction Page

Participants move steel balls from Point A to Point B using only the tubes provided. Each ball must go through each person’s tube and they may not touch the ball with their bodies.

The purpose of this exercise is to physically demonstrate the metaphor that every member of a team or group is an important “link in the chain”.

This event is also a good way to examine individual team member’s sense of value and accountability to their team.

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River Crossing Instruction Page

This is a complex activity that has many different purposes and reveals many behavior patterns.

It develops support (emotional, content and physical) within the group.
It helps clarify communication and decision making skills.
It helps groups to examine how and why leadership shifts during planning and completion of task
It shows how balancing planning activities with execution helps groups solve problems.
The exercise is a very good metaphor for a ‘goal’.

Perfect Square Instruction Page

Create a perfect square from a rope while the entire group is blindfolded.

The focus is on leadership skills and the degree of group participation and the exercise will always reveal interesting dynamics and insights that allow participants to learn from one another.

This activity clearly demonstrates interdependence among team members while highlighting how difficult, but important, reaching consensus can be.

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Let Go My Ego Instruction Page

Lower a pole the the floor using gravity and maintaining contact with the pole.

The power that each person has to influence success is made perfectly clear in this activity.

Participants must overcome frustration and resist the temptation to blame each other in order to accomplish the task. They learn that in the face of challenge it is often easier to sacrifice integrity and end up behaving opposite of their intention. This exercise reveals this tendency in a profound manner and helps participants choose healthier ways of reacting.

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Learning Maze Instruction Page

The application of the Learning Maze is in every area of our lives. The learning each group comes up with is always different.

The basic purpose of the maze comes down to identifying how the team is treating its ‘mistakes’ (beeps) and the people who are discovering them. Stepping into the unknown is necessary for any team to grow and move ahead, with the only question being how are they doing in the process?

This event will shed some light one the teams’ process.

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Knot or Not A Knot Instruction Page

As a group, decide if there IS or IS NOT a knot in a pile of rope.

Most of our jobs involve a heavy amount of decision making. Many of us make decisions that affect one person to thousands of people everyday. As most of us make decisions we tend to decide based on our own personal perceptions.

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Fort Knox Kit Instruction Page

Combine all of the portable activities into a single portable kit. This kit has everything and will help your group experience all facets of being a team – leadership, teamwork, communication, conflict, trust, collaboration, problem solving, decision making and more!

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Don’t Touch Me Instruction Page

Participants must accomplish a task as quickly as possible. They have many opportunities to improve.

Warning: this event can lead to major paradigm shift. Once a team discovers the self-imposed rules they will begin to see solutions.

Don’t Touch Me will challenge the team to think outside the box and challenge the actual and implied rules.

Don’t Touch Me also helps the participants see what is truly possible if you challenge your self.

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Alphabet Soup Instruction Page

The group must touch all necessary letters in a course area as fast as possible.

Alphabet Soup is a great activity for overall team building. However, there are some specific areas that naturally come out:

Communication
Planning
Problem Solving
Process Improvement

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