Need Quick and Fun Indoor Activities for Team Building – Any Fresh Ideas?

Dear All,

Can someone help me out? I am desperately looking for ideas for fun at work. I have conducted over 50 games so far. Now, I need ideas for games or any kind of fun activities. Please note that I can only allocate 10-15 minutes a day for this. Additionally, it should be indoor activities.

Thank you.

Ideally, it would have helped if you shared the background of the company, the number of employees, and some details about the age profile of the employees. More importantly, you would elicit useful responses here if you shared a list of indoor games that you have already implemented at your workplace. This would give other viewers inputs to use at their workplace, and those sharing ideas here would not duplicate the activities already done by you.

Try sharing what you have done, and I am sure you will get a lot of responses from those who have other fun activity ideas.

Regards

Hi Vinodkumar.C,

A fun game is a good idea for creating a enjoyable workplace. I think it's better to ask for ideas from your employees about what they really want. Be sure to also take feedback from them regularly to make timely adjustments.

For a deeper approach, you can visit Having fun at work - an efficient management method.

Hope this helps!

I agree with the views expressed by Mr. Jacob. You mentioned that you have already conducted more than 50 games. Only when you share what you have done will others know what has not been covered. Incidentally, conducting over 50 games is a significant achievement. You deserve appreciation for that initiative.

Assessing Group Behavior

How have you assessed the group behavior before and now? Fun is okay; people enjoy and forget. Has the cohesiveness improved? It would be interesting if you share your experience with readers, as it is a live case and not simply a game conducted during a training program!

Regards, V. Raghunathan

Game Ideas for Employee Engagement

We are a KPO firm with an employee headcount of 70. I have mentioned a few game names. I will include the rules for these games in my next post:

- Hoola Hoop Ring Pass
- Blind Man's Walk in Mine Field
- Laughing Monkeys Vs Tough Soldier
- Chennai Map Puzzle
- Cricket Batsman
- Traverse Crossing
- Rope Roll Ball Drop
- Imitate Your Buddy
- Forming Session
- Chess Puzzle
- Playing Cards Race
- Quiz
- Treasure Hunt
- Team Song
- Balance the Stick
- Pile of Coins
- Catch the Ball
- Place the Cards
- Hat Puzzle Rules Explanation Day
- Hat Puzzle
- Balloon Volleyball
- Names Puzzle
- Blind Drawing
- Balloon Walk & Float 3 Balloons Simultaneously
- Lucky Wheel Spinning
- Eliminate Stereotype Who Am I

Yes! We could see a lot of improvement on my work floor. I have taken feedback from employees, from which I have found the following results:

1) 95% of employees said it reduces stress and keeps them happy.
2) 65% of employees said it had a positive impact on work quality and productivity.
3) 12% of employees said it had a negative impact on work quality and productivity.
4) 33% of employees said it had no impact on work quality and productivity.
5) 82% of employees said it increases trust and team communication.
6) 92% of employees said it motivates individuals and teams.

It helped us to identify the hidden skills of individuals and build cooperation among team members. I have a lot more analysis to do with this. I will keep all posts in the near future!

Regards,
Vinodkumar.C

Assessing the Impact of Workplace Games

Thank you for sharing the details of the games and the percentage improvement in various categories. What Mr. Raghunathan has written is something that had also crossed my mind. Nevertheless, I would like to take it forward. You have provided the following statistics:

1) 95% of employees said it reduces stress and keeps them happy.
2) 65% of employees said it had a positive impact on work quality and productivity.
3) 12% of employees said it had a negative impact on work quality and productivity.
4) 33% of employees said it had no impact on work quality and productivity.
5) 82% of employees said it increases trust and team communication.
6) 92% of employees said it motivates individuals and teams.

Motivation, happiness, trust, team communication, etc., are relative terms. All these aspects need to translate into concrete measures. Therefore, as training professionals, we must measure (due to these games) whether the process turnaround time decreased, whether the consumption of resources decreased, etc.

You mentioned that you conducted 50 games with 70 persons in your company. Assuming 50 persons participated in each game, and each game lasted approximately 15-20 minutes, the total time spent by the organization was:

50 x 50 x 15 = 37,500 minutes
37,500 minutes = 625 hours
625 hours = 69 mandays = 2.5 months' (average) salary of the average employee

Assuming the average salary is Rs 60,000 per month, the revenue spent on the games is Rs 150,000.

Instead of conducting more games, it is time to assess the ROI of the games or whether your organization has recouped the amount spent. In my calculations, I have used conservative estimates. While the games might have lasted for 15-20 minutes, employees might have spent an additional 5-10 minutes chatting and idling around. I have not factored in that time. Therefore, the actual cost of conducting games may be higher.

Playing childlike games in the workplace is not wrong; however, we must not lose sight of our business acumen. Otherwise, we might end up missing the forest for the trees.

Thank you,

Dinesh Divekar

Here're some methods to create a fun environment at work. Hope it's useful. Read more at: Having fun at work – an efficient management method