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Playing games together is a great way for teams to bond and have a bit of fun. It’s easy to include some short, remote-friendly games into the agenda for Team Meetings (Recurring Team Meetings), longer workshops (Workshops & Brainstorming Sessions) and All Hands meetings (All Hands Meetings).

Working together on fun, non-work problems is a powerful way to improve team collaboration, critical thinking and fast, shared decision-making. And it obviously helps build camaraderie and a sense of team.

Depending on how they’re designed, games like these can be used for:

1. Pure fun - Just play some games with the rest of your team.
2. Learning through play - Use team games to learn about each other or a specific topic.
3. Solving through play - Use games to explore a problem together.

Top Tips

• Always have someone prepare and facilitate the gameshop.
• Don't overcomplicate it or try to do too much.
• Use breakout rooms as needed.
• Encourage drinks, snacks, pets and laughing 😆

Resources

Here are a few games and resources that might help…