<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1349950302381848&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">

21 Interactive Activities for Boosting Engagement Across Team Dynamics

21 Interactive Activities for Boosting Engagement Across Team Dynamics

Start building your digital home with Happeo

Request a demo

Engaged and motivated teams are essential for streamlining business operations and driving success. However, these characteristics need to be nurtured, and the activities you use to do so must match the team size, personality, and energy levels.

To help you find the perfect fit, we’ve rounded up 21 interactive online and in-person activities that you can use for your team.

1. Storytelling in Collaboration

Collaborative storytelling requires teams to sit together, allowing each member to take a turn contributing a statement to create a unique story as they go. 

This activity promotes active listening and participation and produces many memorable moments along the way.

2. ‘Desert Island’

This creative game helps team members get to know one another better while collaborating to solve a challenge. In the game, teams imagine they’re stranded on a desert island. 

Each member can bring a single, strategically chosen item with them and justify how that item would support the group's well-being and ‘survival’.

3. Escape Rooms

Whether online or in-person, escape rooms create highly immersive experiences that require teams to work actively together to identify clues that unlock a locked room within a set amount of time. 

Not only will team members have to collaborate creatively to escape, but they will also need to communicate clearly and quickly while they are under pressure.

4. The Minefield Game

This trust-building activity requires team members to help a blindfolded colleague navigate their way through a minefield of obstacles. 

The sighted team must offer verbal clues and clear directions to help the blindfolded member successfully finish the course. 

5. Scavenger Hunts

These classic outdoor games require colleagues to search for specific clues or items in an area to solve a puzzle and win the round. 

Teams must work closely together to develop strategies, communicate clearly, and solve challenges. This promotes problem-solving and time-management skills in a stimulating setting.

6. Sports Days

If your team is bursting with energy, a team sports day is an excellent way to promote friendly competition and team spirit. Choose a sport that your team enjoys playing, and organize a sports day or tournament, including several matches for best results. 

7. ‘Two Truths and One Lie’

This more sedate yet iconic game teaches communication skills and helps team members learn more about each other in a fun, casual setting. Each member takes a turn to share two true statements about themselves and one lie. 

The rest of the team should guess which statement is false—a process that may produce many surprises along the way.

8. Improvisation Activities

Improvisational games are interactive, memorable and spontaneous. They also promote quick thinking, effective communication, and entertaining collaboration, both remotely and in-office.

9. Charitable Volunteering

Volunteering for a good cause can bring your team together to work towards a common goal, benefiting them and their communities. 

Choose a cause or organization that aligns with your team’s values and builds compassion, meaningful teamwork, and a renewed sense of connection.

10. Team Meals

A team lunch, dinner, or potluck is a fantastic opportunity for socializing in-person outside the office. Sharing a meal can help create a sense of camaraderie while opening up lines of communication for casual conversations among colleagues.

11. Art Workshops

Ideal for creative teams, arts and crafts workshops allow team members to express their creativity in collaborative projects. 

Each member should be able to contribute their ideas and skills towards a single project, crafting a tangible culmination of their teamwork and unique perspectives.

12. Wellness Challenges

Workplace wellness challenges encourage teams to focus on their physical and mental well-being, which can have immediate and long-term benefits for their engagement. 

13. Talent Shows

Give your team members the opportunity to show off their talents and make deeper connections with one another with a team or company talent show. 

Invite colleagues of all skill levels and all types of interests to participate in a unique, diverse, and entertaining activity. Consider offering prizes to build even more excitement around the event.

14. ‘Show and Tell’

The classic game of show and tell is just as appealing to adults as it is to children. It gives team members a chance to get to know one another’s passions and interests and build personal connections, and it can easily be done remotely, too. 

15. Writing a Team Cookbook

This unique activity allows coworkers to share their favorite recipes with their teams, promoting team bonding and creating a wonderful, collaborative keepsake at the end. 

This is a great way to celebrate diversity and give colleagues a chance to learn about each other’s cultures and heritages.

16. Trivia 

Trivia quizzes are ideal icebreakers for newly formed teams as they encourage meaningful participation and collaboration. 

Be sure to include topics and categories your team members are interested in to keep them engaged and competitive.

17. ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ Challenges

Challenging your team to perform random acts of kindness for a week will provide positive reinforcement through generosity, compliments, and acknowledgement. 

This will, in turn, boost team members’ confidence and self-image while building a more respectful and inclusive company culture that remains beyond the end of the challenge.

18. Brainstorming Sessions

These sessions allow your team to break free from traditional thought patterns and explore unconventional or unusual solutions.

They’re easy to host virtually and allow everyone to challenge assumptions in a safe and nonjudgmental space. 

19. The ‘Stand Up’ Game

Gather your team and ask them a series of yes or no questions, inviting them to stand up if the statement rings true to them. 

This exercise encourages people to share more about themselves and learn new things about others, helping to deepen workplace connections in an interesting way.

20. Employee Recognition Days

Hosting regular employee recognition days is an excellent way to acknowledge and celebrate team members for their hard work and achievements, fostering motivation and belonging. 

21. Cultural Diversity Events

Perfect for multicultural teams, these events enhance awareness and respect for different cultures and promote inclusivity. 

Invite employees to share their cultural foods, music and traditions to create a workplace atmosphere that celebrates diversity.

Build A Team That’s Engaged On Every Level

Team building is essential for effective collaboration and cross-team engagement. It can promote higher productivity, enhance innovation and problem-solving, boost employee morale, and create lasting well-being among your teams. 

Use these 21 interactive activities to drive engagement across your team dynamics and create a culture that supports the progress of your organization and its talent.