More Advanced Treasure Hunting…
Friday, February 27, 2009 by Dave Blum A couple of days ago, I wrote about last weekend’s Bay Area Treasure Hunt (BATH), run by our Dr. Clue puzzle writer, Alexandra Dixon. Well, James (also a Dr. Clue puzzle writer) filmed the whole day for our team and put it up on YouTube. As you can […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Cross-team collaboration
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by Dave Blum It was just after the midbrief, this past Saturday, that the treasure hunt in North Beach/Chinatown took a very interesting turn. The client was a group of 23 sales people in the recycling business, gathering in San Francisco for three days of strategy and corporate team building activities, with […]
Five Steps for Team Conflict Resolution
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Dave Blum Before moving on to my other favorite topics (team building ideas, scavenger hunt lists, treasure hunt clues, etc.) I’d like to take a quick second to explore further the mediation process from yesterday’s blogpost. As you’ll recall, we had two guys on a volleyball court, both sure that the other fellow was […]