Levin Mitchell September 2nd, 2008 Discover Chicago: Wild Chicago Teambuilding Journal
There were a few challenges that I faced in the teambuilding activities that most of my classmates had to face. The biggest challenge, in my opinion, would be that nobody in the class knew anybody else. The teambuilding activities made us interact with each other to get something done. By doing these activities, we got to know each other while having fun. I definitely felt that I went beyond my comfort zone during these teambuilding activities. The activity that stands out in my mind was Willow in the Wisp. We had to stand in a tight circle that required us to stand shoulder to shoulder. I barely knew the people in my group so I had to go out of my comfort zone to participate in the game. These challenges required everybody to participate. People had to be either vocal leaders that told other people what to do and followers listened and followed directions that the vocal leaders gave. I felt that I was able to be both. I tried to be a vocal leader the in bridge game, while also listening to other peoples' ideas and followed what they told me to do. I felt that I did use intrapersonal forces in some of the activities. I had use logical reasoning in the tank game. I had to think and help the person who was blind folded. Also, I used interpersonal strategies for the tank game also. The tank game required both the tank and the driver to use communication and trust to help win the game. The driver had to communicate to the tank, while the tank had to trust the driver. The tank had to listen and follow every direction that the driver spoke while trusting
every word the driver said. The skills that I used in the team building activities can be used for adventures and survival. If you need to survive and your in a group of people, communication and trust is a must. A group of people can die if they don't trust each other while if people don't communicate with each other, people can die. Everybody needs to work together to survive and these teambuilding activities taught us this.