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the marshmallow challenge Soledad Bauer / Organizational and Talent Management Director

teamwork challenge

THE CHALLENGE

TO BUILD THE TALLEST FREE-STANDING STRUCTURE

The marshmallow has to be on top

20 STICKS OF SPAGHETTI

TAPE

STRING

MARSHMALLOW

15 MINUTES

What can we learn from this challenge?

5 MINUTES Retrospective

15 MINUTES

the marshmallow challenge Soledad Bauer / Organizational and Talent Management Director

teamwork challenge

taskoriented

taskoriented different types of leaderships

taskoriented different types of leadership

last minute disaster

Who consistently performs poorly?

Business Students

Business Students ORIENTED TO ONE RESULT OR ONE PLAN

GET DISTRACTED WEAK STRUCTURES

Who consistently performs well?

kindergarten students

kindergarten students NO POWER STRUGGLE

EXPERIMENTATION

BUSINESS STUDENTS

KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS 18 minutes

orient

plan

build

ta-da!

prototype refine

Challenge results 100cm

75cm

50cm

25cm

Average

Business school students

Lawyers

Kindergarten

Architects & Engineers

CEOs

CEOs & Executive Admins

Challenge results 100cm SPECIALIZED SKILLS FACILITATION SKILLS

+ SUCCESS

75cm

50cm

25cm

Average

Business school students

Lawyers

Kindergarten

Architects & Engineers

CEOs

CEOs & Executive Admins

INCENTIVES + LOW SKILLS

≠SUCCESS

INCENTIVES + SKILLS +PROTOTYPE

HIGH SUCCESS

Lessons learned

WORK COLLABORATIVELY

PROTOTYPING MATTERS

DIVERSE SKILLS MATTER

the marshmallow challenge Soledad Bauer / Organizational and Talent Management Director

teamwork challenge