Activities that bring life to your meetings.
Breathwork
Breathing techniques may help people enter a more relaxed, stress-free, peaceful state and can be used to calm down, energize or sharpen focus.
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
Build a bridge
Through tackling the collaborative effort of bridge building, groups gain an understanding of the importance of alignment, roadmapping, and team strengths and resources.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration15 to 30 mins
Build a charcuterie board
Who doesn't love a charcuterie board and some friendly competition? This activity combines the two as participants work in teams to build the best charcuterie board.
People10 to 2020+Duration15 to 30 mins
Camera on, camera off
Get to know your team members and spark conversation in a remote environment by embracing the tools that allow us to connect with one another.
People1 to 55 to 1010 to 20Duration5 to 15 mins
Check-in icebreaker
This guessing game allows group members to anonymously share aspects of themselves that others might not know about them in order to build connection.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
Collaborative playlist
Allow your group to connect through music by creating a playlist together.
PeopleAny sizeDurationOngoing
Connect a story
Boost collaboration, communication skills and creativity by having your team build a story together using random words or sentences.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
Constellations
This powerful exercise can be used for a variety of topics and tailored to different goals and groups to reflect and discuss.
People5 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
Cookie decorating competition
Get into the festive spirit with this holiday themed cookie decorating activity, where participants can add clothes, accessories, facial expressions and more to their cookies and vote on their favourite plates.
People10 to 2020+Duration15 to 30 mins
Create your Habby meal
This exercise allows groups to tap into their creativity by brainstorming ideas for Happy Meal toys from a historical era.
People5 to 1010 to 2020+Duration5 to 15 mins
Dance party
Whether you’re in an all-day meeting, dealing with heavy content, having a hard time concentrating or just need to let loose, a dance party break is the perfect activity to get your team moving.
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
Defining a moment
This is a quick version of a deeper get-to-know-each-other activity. It takes the conversation beyond preferences and provides a human-centric approach where everyone can share something that’s important to them or has shaped their lives in some way.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
Describe your mood in...
Check in with how your group is feeling by asking them to describe their mood through a fun visual and spark conversation by having them explain why.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
Deskercise
Need to switch up the energy? Invite participants to literally move their bodies with a few quick deskercises!
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
Energy check
This exercise helps participants acknowledge how everyone is feeling in the moment and allows for honest discussion around personal energy levels and support requirements.
People1 to 5Duration5 to 15 mins
Five senses (54321) check-in
A full-sensory grounding technique meant to bring participants back to the present moment and practise mindfulness by focusing on what they’re sensing in that moment.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
General trivia
Engage in some friendly competition while learning something new!
People10 to 2020+Duration30+ mins
Get-to-know-your-colleague bingo
A fun, light-hearted way to learn about your colleagues as you strive for that winning combination.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration15 to 30 mins30+ mins
Get-to-know-your-colleague trivia
Test team members’ knowledge of each other or your organization with a tailored trivia game.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration15 to 30 mins30+ mins
Guess a childhood photo
Participants match their colleagues with their childhood photo. What makes this icebreaker special is the ability to get to know each other in a more personal way without diving into a deep conversation.
People10 to 20Duration5 to 15 mins
Guided meditation/visualization
Meditation is linked to many emotional and overall health benefits, which makes it an excellent exercise to reduce stress and anxiety and increase calmness in your group.
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
Kudos and recognition
Whether it’s between close team members or just an appreciation for someone’s actions that stood out, this activity provides a platform for people to share their positive feedback with each other.
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
Learning moments
Each time your group meets, ask someone to kick off the meeting by sharing a practical example or tip in the form of a personal story that other team members can use to apply to their lives.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
Match facts to a person
This activity is a fun way to get to know things about people that might not organically arise in day-to-day conversations, providing a closer look into people’s lives, preferences and interests.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration5 to 15 mins
Meet my pet
Who doesn't love pets?! This exercise gives people the excuse they’re always looking for to talk about their pets and get to know each other a bit better!
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
Music bingo
Jam to some great tunes with your colleagues while playing a friendly game of chance and competition.
PeopleAny sizeDuration30+ mins
NASA exercise
Adapted from the Association for Psychological Science's NASA exercise, this activity has team members work individually then as a team to reflect on their collaboration patterns.
People5 to 1010 to 20Duration15 to 30 mins
Preference polls
Learn more about your group members and visually represent how much you have in common with one another through poll questions and word clouds generated from their responses.
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
Share personally: asking deeper questions
Humanize your gatherings by asking your group to share their responses on more personal topics to create stronger connections between people.
People1 to 5Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
Share the most boring fact about yourself
Relieve the pressure of having to come up with fun or interesting facts and instead share laughter over each other's most boring facts.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
Share your watch list
Inspired by Letterboxd, a social network for film lovers, this activity allows groups to connect through the love of film by sharing their movie or TV show watch list.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
Show and tell
This activity allows participants to give each other a closer look into either their personal or work lives by asking them to share a significant item or project with the group.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
This or that
A simple and fun way for team members to get to know each other by asking them to choose between two comparable options and explain their reasoning.
People5 to 10Duration15 to 30 mins
Triple H
An impactful team-building warm-up activity that invites participants to share a personal highlight, hardship and hero.
People1 to 5Duration5 to 15 mins15 to 30 mins
Two truths and a lie
Engage a group of people with different levels of familiarity in a way that’s fun and light-hearted. For tight-knit groups, it can be a fun exercise to test their assumptions and see how well they know each other.
People1 to 5Duration5 to 15 mins
Virtual scavenger hunt
A virtual scavenger hunt is similar to the original game – participants compete to find all items on a provided list – but no one has to go outside!
People10 to 2020+Duration30+ minsOngoing
What do we have in common?
Have you heard of the “six degrees of separation” or the “small world” phenomenon? This icebreaker puts it to the test! This is an activity that encourages people to reflect and share aspects of their present, past and even future to find common ground with others.
PeopleAny sizeDuration5 to 15 mins
What’s your morning ritual?
Find out who's a morning person and gain insight on each other's home lives by simply asking group members to share their morning rituals.
People1 to 55 to 10Duration5 to 15 mins
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