

This activity pushes participants to communicate as a team by guiding them towards debating and discussing the items they would need to choose. This activity can be kept to 30 minutes or can easily be extended to 45 minutes with a quarter of an hour spent on an open discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of each item.

After the 15 minutes is up, the trainer will choose 3 groups to explain which items they chose and why.ĥ. Each group then has 15 minutes to discuss which 5 items they would choose to keep.Ĥ. Then give each group the handout with the list of items to choose from and a pen (if they need one).ģ. As the trainer, split the participants into groups of 5 (or 6 if you have a large attendance).Ģ. So, this activity can also be good as part of a creativity training session, as well as a team-building session. In doing so, participants will have to discuss options, share ideas, debate, and maybe think out of the box. The challenge is for the participants is to select only 5 out of 21 items to take with them, in order to survive in the Arctic. This remains one of the simplest games both to play and to organize as a corporate training activity. This activity gets participants to share ideas and pushes them to discuss and debate a variety of options and choices and to think creatively. The participants are presented with a choice of only selecting 5 out of 21 items in order to survive in an imagined situation where they are lost in the arctic. This is a classic game that has been used in various ways in the past and which still remains one of the simplest and best team-building games. Participants are separated into groups of 4 and each group is given a handout (with a list of items to choose from, as per the list shown below) and a pen. 30 minutes is the ideal time frame to allocate to this team-building game.
