Checkin Workshop Activities

A fun and quick check-in activity: share positive intentions to start the day in a fun, childlike form!

We live and work in turbulent times, juggling never-ending to-do lists, back-to-back meetings, and constant context switching. When people enter a meeting, they often carry mental clutter – unfinished tasks, lingering thoughts, or stress from the previous discussion.

This simple yet effective exercise helps participants mentally transition into the meeting by externalizing their distractions, physically letting them go, and creating a fresh focus for the discussion ahead. I use this whenever I sense a group (whether virtual or in-person) is distracted, overwhelmed, or coming straight from another meeting. It works well when combined with a check-in question that gets everyone speaking.

In order to find creative solutions for complex issues, you have to create space. 

To understand and respect each other’s differences in worldview.

Being right is not the end goal, being able to rationalize your choice is.