Your Team Challenge

In front of you your team will see three wooden posts.  One of these posts has several tyres of varying sizes placed over it. You’ll also notice that they are ordered so that as you go down through the pile the tyres become larger.

Your team challenge is to replicate what you see on that particular post on to one of the other three posts.  OK, at this point it doesn’t sound too exciting or challenging does it?  But, it is when you understand the rules your team has to work within.

The Rules:

• Your team can only move one tyre at any one time.
• When a tyre is removed from a post, that tyre must then be placed onto one of the other posts before any other tyres can be moved.
• Your team cannot place a larger tyre onto a smaller one.

Your Team Learning

The Towers of Babylon team building activity is a thought-provoking team challenge that helps team members to develop more collaborative, trusting working practices.  Key learning points include problem solving, decision making, delegation and goal achievement.  The level of collaboration required by teams to succeed during this activity also helps to promote candid and timely feedback in a positive manner.

Note:  Tyres can be substituted for something smaller if preferred, and this task can even be run indoors.

Who For?This activity is ideal for management teams, customer service teams and project management teams. It’s also a fantastic energiser to start virtually any team building event.