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GE Sales Team Meeting 
This small group of 10 from GE was having a meeting
in Vancouver. Since this workgroup is geographically spread
throughout North America, the manager decided that she would
like to have a teambuilding session where participants would
get to know each other and develop greater mutual understanding
and respect.
She was looking for something that would get
them out and active as well as provide material for a debrief
at the end. Two of us flew to Vancouver to put the program
together.
Vancouver provides an excellent backdrop for our High Tech
 Quest. Teams were issued quest instructions, GPS receivers,
compasses and score sheets. This program didn't have a specific
theme, but it could've been called "Planes Trains and
Automobiles" because of all the different modes of transportation
involved.
Participants started by taking the transit bus
towards Stanley Park at which point they had to find somewhere
to look at a web page. A local internet café gave
then access and the website gave them directions to a local
bike rental shop. Here they picked up mountain bikes and
followed a clue trail that led them into Stanley Park to
complete a challenge amidst the beauty of the old-growth
forest.
After returning their mountain bikes, they needed
to find their way to the Science Center. This involved getting
on the sky train at the nearest sky train station and then
getting off at the stop next to the Science Center. Some
navigation and a few trivia questions got them to the dock
of the local dragon boat club.
After some safety instruct ion from the enthusiastic dragon
boat lady, teams paddled their dragon boats to an unknown
destination with only their GPS as a guide. That destination
turned out to be Granville Island Market, one of Vancouver's
funkiest areas. Here they were able to choose from the many
options for a delicious lunch.
Their next clue after lunch
was a key with a license plate number on it. It turned out
to belong to a minivan in a nearby parking lot. In their
minivan, each team found a CD. When the CD was inserted in
the player, it gave them instructions to their final location,
a secluded "locals  only" beach
were we met up and held our debrief.
The action-packed day
followed by a thoughtful debrief provided valuable personal
as well as group insights. |
