Two Truths and a Lie, Done Properly
The icebreaker everyone has done, with the three fixes that make it work.
OnboardingCross-team networkingPure fun
Quick icebreakers
Fifteen minutes or less, start of a meeting
Short openers for the top of a stand-up, a workshop or an all-hands. Long enough to change the temperature of a room, short enough that nobody resents them.
9 activities
The Silent Line-Up
Five minutes, no talking, and a surprisingly good conversation afterwards.
CommunicationPure funInclusion
Shout-Out Roulette
Everyone gets a name. Everyone says something specific and true about that person.
RecognitionTrust & safetyInclusion
The Object on Your Desk
Three minutes, one object within arm's reach, no preparation.
Cross-team networkingTrust & safetyPure fun
Walk and Talk
Pair up, go outside, come back in forty minutes. The simplest thing on this site.
WellbeingCross-team networkingTrust & safety
The Story Spine
Eight sentence-starters, one team, one story that nobody planned.
Creative thinkingCommunicationCollaboration
The Thing I Learned Exchange
A gift exchange where the gift is something you figured out this year.
RecognitionTrust & safetyCross-team networking
Rose, Bud, Thorn
Three words, one round, five minutes. The highest-value-per-minute thing on this site.
CommunicationTrust & safetyWellbeing
The Paper Tower
Eighteen minutes, twenty sheets of paper, and a lesson about prototyping that lands every time.
CollaborationProblem solvingCreative thinking