MTa + Lego Serious Play: Workshop Ideas for Team Building, Training and More
MTa + Lego Serious Play: Workshop Ideas for Team Building, Training and More
Lego Serious Play. It’s a great name, isn’t it? Engaging and intriguing, while alluding to something powerful and worthwhile. If you’re familiar with Lego Serious Play – LSP for short – you’ll know it’s exactly that. Through the simple...
The Egg Drop Challenge Team-Building Activity: Instructions and Alternatives
The Egg Drop Challenge Team-Building Activity: Instructions and Alternatives
Throwing an egg from a building doesn’t feel like it would teach any valuable skills. But the Egg Drop Challenge is used everywhere from kids STEM sessions to corporate team building days. It’s quick, it’s fun, and you don’t...
How to Run the Paper Bridge Challenge: Instructions for a Facilitative Approach to Maximise Learning
How to Run the Paper Bridge Challenge: Instructions for a Facilitative Approach to Maximise Learning
The Paper Bridge Challenge is a popular team-building activity, and an entertaining way to explore meaningful learning outcomes like team skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and more. It’s a favourite amongst facilitators because it’s easy to run, and uses...
Bring Lencioni team dynamics to life with MTa experiential activities
Bring Lencioni team dynamics to life with MTa experiential activities
Part of our series on bringing theories to life with experiential learning. Read the rest here. Patrick Lencioni is a prolific author and speaker, most famous for his theories of organisational health, leadership, and team dynamics. If you’re a...
Activities for team building: the best games and exercises for team development
Activities for team building: the best games and exercises for team development
Team development activities are games and exercises designed to build interpersonal competencies like communication, cooperation, leadership, and adaptability. These activities are popular in corporate settings because they equip personnel with skills that are invaluable in the workplace, setting teams...
10 of the best team kits and team equipment options
10 of the best team kits and team equipment options
Developing team skills is a core component of building strong teams. Here are 10 team kits and team equipment options perfectly suited to developing team skills in the workplace and beyond. In this article, we highlight purpose-built team kits...
43 command tasks and leadership activities to strengthen your cadet lesson plans
43 command tasks and leadership activities to strengthen your cadet lesson plans
Command tasks are group exercises used by cadets and other groups to develop team skills including problem-solving, communication, and leadership. Having a bank of command tasks is a great way to keep your groups entertained while fostering valuable skills.
The Lego Challenge team-building exercise: harness the power of play
The Lego Challenge team-building exercise: harness the power of play
Who’d have thought that playing with Lego could teach communication, collaboration, and teamwork? If you’ve ever been involved in a corporate team building day it’s quite likely you’ve come across the Lego Challenge. This simple and elegant Lego...
10 business simulation games to take a look at in 2021.
10 business simulation games to take a look at in 2021.
Online business simulation games are emerging as a highly effective and engaging way to deliver training, more so than ever due to their flexibility. Sessions can be delivered in-house or remotely and in the current climate they allow for...
Cadet training is back!
Cadet training is back!
The Top 10 MTa Activities for the New Normal. Seeing Cadet Squadrons get back to face-to-face MTa training has put a smile on our faces here at HQ. Through minor adaptions to briefs, training can continue to (safely) embrace...
The Best MTa Experiential Learning Kits for Developing Effective Communication
The Best MTa Experiential Learning Kits for Developing Effective Communication
“No-one listens to me,” “Nobody ever tells me anything”. These are some of the most common expressions of frustration we come across in life, not least in the workplace. The art of communication is something we need to constantly...