Think again!
Featured in the Indoor and Outdoor Team Development training manual
By Michèle Barca & Kate Cobb
Category: Team Building
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
There are often several solutions to a given problem. Teams must remain flexible and open if they are to achieve their tasks in the most effective way. In this training activity, the team works together to achieve a given objective but it is up to them how they go about it. They must use their abilities of lateral thinking to resolve the problem and then consider their application of this to the workplace.
You briefly explain that the purpose of this training activity is to solve a problem as a team. You take the team to the activity area and tell them that they are to invent a measuring device from the materials provided in a given time. The task will test their powers of lateral thinking as there is no obvious solution! After a debriefing session, the participants consider the use of lateral thinking methods in their team working.
Who is it for: This training activity is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to demonstrate lateral thinking problem-solving abilities and the importance of lateral thinking as part of team development.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 10 |
| Max Group Size: | 16 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:50:00 |
| No of Pages: | 22 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: Weights (marked and not marked), 1 1-litre plastic water bottle, Plastic bags, String, Bamboo poles, and various other.
Purpose: This training activity is intended for use by trainers as part of any team-building or development training event. This training activity needs more space and more equipment and is generally more ‘physical’. It could be run very successfully as part of a residential programme.
Download the training activity, Think again! as featured in the Fenman training manual; Indoor and Outdoor Team Development