Problem Solving Challenges for outdoor team building
"Some of the problem-solving tasks were real brain teasers - we certainly had to work as a team to solve them"
Key Facts: Problem Solving
Allow at least 20 mins per task
Ideal for bespoke programmes and group sessions
Suitable for adults and young people
Can accommodate more than one group at a time in the problem solving zone
Very low physical impact
Many of the challenges are suitable for indoors
Many tasks can used for offsite programmes
These tasks are designed to encourage cooperative problem solving. They require a thinking approach that benefits from the creativity of many minds.
The timetable always allows for a period of reflection and review following the problem-solving activity, facilitated by our trained instructors or programme facilitator, to stimulate appropriate discussion and action points.
There is a large choice of tasks and we will always suggest the most relevant and appropriate for your programme requirements, often tailoring a task. Many of our problem solving challenges can be solved either indoors or out and so can be included as a wet-weather alternative or part of a winter programme. Problem solving tasks are ideal for our team development, leadership development and organisational development team building programmes and some of the challenges can be adapted for inclusion in a fun team build or adult activity session. Please ask for advice.
Problem solving activities for corporate team building programmes
All Change/ Over and Under/ Minefield
These are team tasks that require the team members to balance on planks and work together to cross treacherous areas.
One Alone - a fiendishly difficult puzzle with simple rules to find a sequence to remove all the pegs bar one
Frog and Toads - a mathematical challenge that involves swapping frogs and toads on lily pads. The team can even be the frogs and toads!
Maze Map - the team must produce a map of a roped maze that they can only explore blindfolded
Grid Zone - the team works its way across the grid remembering the safe path or sequence of moves required
Shunting Puzzle - for closet train enthusiasts who want to rearrange railway carriages on a short section of track
Planks - assembling a piece of flat pack furniture with poorly translated instructions comes close to this absorbing challenge!
Tangrams - a large piece version of the ancient Chinese moving piece puzzle to produce various images from the seven geometric pieces
Impossible Puzzle - try putting together our giant puzzle that has a no printed image to help - guaranteed to test even the most practiced jigsaw puzzler
Tower Puzzle - A mathematical challenge with a physical solution. Simply move the tyres into a new position - just sounds too easy!
The session is facilitated at all times by either an instructor or facilitator.
Problem-solving task are suitable for adults. Some may be adapted for children's activity sessions.
