A lot more companies are jumping on the ‘Team Building‘ wagon, a practice aimed at improving the productivity and attitude of your employees. It promotes teamwork and cohesion between people, with the aim of improving their coordination and facilitating the achievement of objectives.

Do team building activities work?

In one word, yes. Team building activities can help colleagues better understand one another and be more efficient at working as a team together. Team building activities allow management and staff to relax and be more social together outside the hierarchy of the workplace. These team building activities can also help co-workers with more serious issues, such as learning problem-solving skills and improving communication techniques. This all helps to build trust, which goes a long way toward achieving better communication and a healthier work environment.

What are agile team building games?

When thinking about agile team building there are two different things that come in to thought.
One being the collection of guiding values and principles for how teams should complete projects.
But we want to talk about the other definition of agile, to move around and be active.
Agile team building games takes you out of the office and also outside of your comfort zone.
The focus is being active and doing things that gets your adrenaline pumping with your team members.

Why active team building activities are different?

There are many types of team building activities, some of them are quite boring and employees can’t wait for them to end. Getting out of the office and actually doing physical activities refreshes the sprit and the mind. Going somewhere new and experiencing new things together with your team members is a fun adventure by itself. Even better if the reason for the excursion is a fun team building activity.

What are the most popular and insanely fun team building activities?

1. Escape Room Adventure

You and your team have 60 minutes in order to escape a room, solve a mystery or complete a task. At PanIQ Escape Room Stockholm, we offer 7 different rooms to give you and your team a wide variety of fun themes that will suit your taste. With the ability to take up to 50 players at one time, PanIQ Escape Room Stockholm is the perfect place for any company who wants a fun team building experience that focuses on communication and cooperation.

2. Paintball

Armed with airguns to shoot capsules of paint at each other, paintball is a more extreme team activity than most. Unlike an escape room activity that can take a lot more participants, paintball is usually suited for smaller groups. The focus is on competition and communication within the teams you are playing in. If you are looking for an activity that will fill you with adrenaline and you’re not afraid to get sweaty and end up with a few bruises, this is a great team building adventure for the more adventurous.

3. Dodgebow

Dodgeball, but with a bow and arrow? Yes! At first it sounds very dangerous, but do not fret, the arrow you are shooting got a big flat tip covered in 3 layers of foam, so getting hit does not hurt.

So unlike paintball, if you are feeling worried about getting bruises or the pain but still want to shoot your colleagues this is a great option. The rules are as simple as dodgeball, two teams divided face each other on the opposite side of the battle area, you rush to the middle to grab arrows, aim at the enemy team and avoid getting hit yourself by hiding behind the inflatable covers. A fun but chaotic team building activity.