Star Trek treasure hunt cruise
Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Dave Blum Over the years, I’ve been amazed and amused by the odd treasure hunt ideas that have come across my plate. (I guess that’s what happens when you combine corporate team building activities and scavenger hunts for a living.) For instance, at one point I was in serious talks with an LA production […]
Guerilla Contacting
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 by Dave Blum One of things I love about this weird wired age we live in is that you can find almost anyone online, write or call them, and very often they’ll contact you back. This just didn’t happen back in the day, when people used phones or even letters (you […]
Treasure Hunting with the Big Boys
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 by Dave Blum It sounds a bit like a super hero movie: “In our midst lives a little-known subculture, operating under the radar of the everyday society, dedicated to the creation of puzzles and the solving of puzzles.” I’m not talking about the Dr. Clue staff (although we are definitely dedicated, […]
Enneagram — part 2
Friday, February 20, 2009 by Dave Blum The beauty of the Enneagram is: 1) You don’t need to take a multiple-choice exam to determine your type; you simply read a list of descriptions and decide, on your own, which type best fits you. 2) Each type has at least two off-shoots: a positive side and a negative side. […]
Personality Styles: the Enneagram — part 1
Friday, February 20, 2009 by Dave Blum Most everyone these days, at some point or another in their professional lives, has taken part in corporate team building activities centered around personality styles — whether it’s Myers-Briggs, Disc Profle, or any of a dozen other systems out on the market. It can be pretty useful stuff. For example, my […]
Artists Hold Building-Naming Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, February 19, 2009 by Dave Blum I was interested to see today an article in the Tucson Citizen, titled “Scavenger Hunt to Help on Ideas for Vacant Buildings.” http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/110285.php According to the piece, “Three artists are putting on a Downtown Scavenger Hunt to generate ideas from participants on what can be done with 10 […]
Should Team Building Be a Surprise?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by Dave Blum One of the first things I always ask new clients when booking one of our corporate team building activities is: “Do the participants know that they’re going to be doing a treasure hunt?” Inevitably, the answer is, “No, we’ve been keeping it a secret. We want it to be […]
The Three C’s of Teambuilding Selection
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 by Dave Blum A client called me yesterday to inform me that she was putting the selection of this year’s team building activities up for a company-wide vote. Her entire staff had been offered a choice: a day of solving Dr. Clue’s treasure hunt clues OR a day of team cooking lessons […]
Generating the “Energy Gradient” of Teamwork
Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Dave Blum In my blog post dated December 8, 2008, I wrote about my friend the “genius” — Harald Katzmair, Ph.D, founder of Vienna/NY-based FAS Research. Well, Harald was in town again from Austria last week — always great news for me. Besides being a good friend, Harald (and that mind of […]
What’s your “real” name?
Friday, February 13, 2009 by Dave Blum I received this fun icebreaker the other day from Christine McHugh, facilitator extraordinaire. I think it would be great for corporate team building activities, parties, dinner table conversation, whatever. All you have to do is create a series of new names for yourself, using the parameters described for each one, […]