Spaghetti and Marshmallows Challenge!

At first when you hear it, the Spaghetti and Marshmallow Challenge sounds like an odd combination but it turns out to provide great insight into the world of team building.

In the video below, it talks about the challenges of working and collaborating as a team. This challenge asks that a team take 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 yard of tape, 1 yard of string and 1 marshmallow, in order to build the tallest freestanding structure.. The catch....the marshmallow must be placed on top of this structure and you and your team have only 18 minutes to complete this task.

This challenge helps teach exercises to improve our ability to collaborate and be creative under deadlines and also pushes to recognize the true value of a diversity in a team setting.

I encourage you to watch the video as you might be surprised as to which group excels and which does not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yKBitO8M