Icebreaker Workshop Activities

Any creative endeavour can generate a certain amount of anxiety. The first step is always the hardest… has anyone not heard that before?

In his book ‘Being Creative’, Michael Avatar suggests that we draw inspiration from the Zen Buddhist idea of the 'beginner's mind' - where everything is beginning. In a beginner's mind there is possibility, openness, curiosity: all qualities that are useful for an exploration of creativity. This activity is a short, grounding ideation and exploration that taps into the beginner's mind.

A deep-dive method to reveal the subconscious reason why you are in a workshop. Facilitator goes first and by doing so invites the other participants to incorporate the

Virtual High Five - energetic icebreaker for online groups

Form hybrid groups combining in-person and remote participants and leverage the different possibilities of the different settings in a fun scavenger hunt.

Attività di presentazione e "riscaldamento" ad inizio attività o riunione. Consente alle persone di conoscersi in modo differente, al di fuori dell'ambiente di lavoro. E' una attività che genera conversazione e relazione anche dopo l'incontro.

A fun and interactive storytelling game that helps team members learn more about each other by guessing which colleague’s experience matches each story.

For in-person groups who don't already know each other

A teamwork focused spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs. Participants must come up with creative ways to keep everybody "in" as chairs are removed!

A simple, quick-thinking energizer played in a circle where players must respond with the correct hand gestures to stay in the game!

Structured Networking

Participants convey words to their partner without using their voice