Brain Writing
The sequential building of ideas without evaluation.
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True of Me / Spotlight
In gallery view we say something that is true of you (e.g. I have a dog). Everyone that this is true for keeps their camera on; everyone that this is not true for covers their camera. Repeat with a new true statement from someone else in the group.
Story Around the Circle
Creating a story together can be merely for fun, or it can help the team imagine its future or recall its past.
The Stinky Fish Canvas
The Stinky Fish Canvas is a visual way to address the problems teams carry around: the longer we void the conversation, the stinkier our issues get.
Blind Drawing
Blind Drawing is an icebreaker game where one person describes an object the other person must then draw with only verbal instructions as a guide.
Paired walk
Inviting a paired walk is surprisingly effective in its simplicity. Going for a walk together increases trust and can help prepare the terrain for conflict resolution, while acting as an energizer at the same time. Make it hybrid-friendly by pairing a person in the room to one joining online!
Sit - Stand - Disappear
As a virtual game in Zoom, have people narrow their screen so they only see 3 people in a row. Each person will simultaneously try to have one person sitting, one standing , and one out of the frame in their row.
Forced Analogy
People compare something (e.g. themselves, their company, their team) to an object.
Game Breaks (Word Search) for Online Facilitation
Team energiser for a virtual classroom or web conference meeting
My Favourite Manager
Participants work individually, assuming the roles of three different people and brainstorming their perceptions of three most favourite managers and three least favourite managers. Later, they work with a partner (and still later, in teams) to prepare a list of dos and don't-s for improving employees' perception of a manager's style.
Whiteboard Rotation
Using multiple digital whiteboards, participants float to different whiteboards to add their thoughts, contributions, or questions. Final whiteboards are discussed and reviewed.
Want - Have - Don't Want - Don't Have
Want, Have, Don't Want, Don't Have is a Sprint Retrospective format based on coaching exercises, helping people who practice them focus on what they want to get and what they don't want to have.