What are some fun team building activities to do in Singapore?
Fun Team Building Activities To Do In Singapore
When new employees join a company, they are slightly worried, apprehensive, and hesitant to work in close associations with other employees who are already working for some time. This lack of interaction results in miscommunication, conflicts, and inefficient flow of work. To rule out these issues, many companies organise a variety of team building activities making them an integral part of the work environment. As part of these activities, team members come together to perform a variety of unique activities to improve their bonding and develop trust. They also learn how keeping personal interests aside and looking out for each other can help to achieve a bigger and better role for the company’s benefit.
The popularity of Team Building Activities
Love them or hate them, employee engagement and team building activities have become an important part of the corporate landscape. In this highly competitive scenario, it is increasingly becoming important for the colleagues to outstretch their arms towards each other and start working in perfect tandem. These days, team building activities have gained immense popularity because of its amazing benefits that are enjoyed by the team members and the organising companies.
Here, we bring you some of the best and fun team building activities to do in Singapore which is sure to bring your employees to break invisible barriers between them and come closer to each other, moving towards the achievement of common goals.
Singapore is a beautiful destination known for its scenic and natural charms. The place has also gained widespread attention as a corporate destination with a large number of companies having their offices here. Since Singapore is a cosmopolitan destination, it has its fair share of people coming here to work from different parts of the world. When people from diverse culture, skill sets, capabilities, etc., come together to work for a company, there are bound to be ego issues. Organising fun team building activities from time to time can help solve this issue.
Triggertronics
This is an indoor activity that can be conducted in and around Singapore. Based on the Rube Goldberg concept, this activity stresses on performing seemingly simple tasks in a complex manner. A sequential trigger and domino effect are used in this activity. The teams are provided with necessary raw material using which they have to complete this activity. This activity is designed in such a manner that participants are forced to think intuitively creating a self-running mechanism. This actuator has to be built without any manual touches. This actuation series from one table to another is done using an ingenious connection allowing the mechanism to flawlessly work.
Kontiki Boat Building Challenge
It is another fun-filled team building activity that brings team participants closer to each other. The teams are expected to build a well-functioning Kontiki boat using essential raw materials assigned to them. They have to build a robust boat as the boat is then tested in an old-fashioned boat race. The boats created painstakingly by the teams is tested on several parameters including décor, design, functionality, and cohesiveness. At least one team member has to ride in the boat to ensure its robustness. Rescue plans and due safety measures are taken by the facilitators to ensure the safety of team members riding in the boat.
F1 Challenge
This fun activity requires indoor as well as outdoor space. The F1 cars can be designed, created and built indoors and raced outdoors. As part of this activity, the teams have to build an actual F1 Racing Car model. Necessary raw materials are given to the teams to make this man-powered car. Every team participant has to focus on the designing aspect of the car so that it can emerge as a winner when it is raced along with other cars. Right from designing to implementing phase, every step needs to be flawlessly executed. It has a complex lifestyle and includes designing, modification, and testing. The team can have a lot of fun while branding their cars in company colours or logos.
Remoto Car Challenge
This fun team activity focuses on dual factors-collaboration and competition. The teams have to come together to build bridges and form a circuit on which remote cars can race. To ensure success in this activity, the team participants have to take care of the bridge strength so that it can sustain the weight of zooming remote cars whizzing by. It must at least sustain two cars at a time. A lot of planning and testing is required to do a good job and while doing this, team participants share a lot of fun moments with each other which breaks invisible barriers and bring them closer while enjoying amazing team experience.
Junkyard Sales
As the name suggests, the team participants have to come together and use trash material to make something functional out of it. They are given trash materials like plastic bottles, boxes of paint, and many other items that are directly sourced from a scrapyard. The product that is made using these trash items need to be functional, presentable, and useful. This activity encourages team bonding among people and paves way for greater synergy amongst them.
Roller Coaster
It is another interesting, exciting, and fun-filled activity that bring teams closer to each other. Teams come together to build a structure and displace a ball only using the force of gravity. They have to build a roller coaster using pipes, wooden canes, and zip ties. This roller coaster has to displace the ball from point A to point B without manually touching it. This displacement takes place only by gravitational force. Different teams create and design different parts of the track which are then put together to create a gigantic roller coaster. Drops, loops, and spirals can earn the teams extra bonus points.
These team building activities help teams enjoy a lot of benefits while at the same time having a lot of fun. These activities organised away from the office environment help bring the best out of every person and making them more receptive to each other’s skills and abilities.
