Structured Experience 12-6: Paper Tower

Goals

The goals of this exercise are

  • to energize participants through an experience that relates to their work realities

  • to allow participants to practice effective teamwork behaviors while accomplishing a task with an ambiguous goal

  • to observe how participants react to change.

Materials

The materials needed for this exercise are

  • newspapers (a 6-12-inch stack for each team)

  • one roll of masking tape for each team

  • one roll of string or twine for each team

  • one pair of scissors for each team

Alternatively, this exercise can be done using firm tofu, food coloring, toothpicks, plastic knives, and a few sheets of ...

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