The my Best and my Worst Story Activity

My Best and My Worst Story serves as an icebreaker at the beginning of a workshop and allows participants to get to know each other in a quick process.. Teambuilding activities are often at their most effective when you ignite the passions of everyone in a group and bring up talking points that enable people to share something of themselves with the team.

Ask each person in the group to write down one best and one worst question that they want to learn about the group. E.g.

• What’s the best recipe you know?
• What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
• What’s the best thing you’ve ever smelled?
• What’s the worst present you have ever given someone?
• What’s the best voicemail you have ever received?
• What’s the worst trip you have ever taken?

Put all the ideas in a hat and have everyone pick 2 at random (meaning they might get their own question)! Go around the circle and have everyone share their answers and brief related stories.

At the end of the game, people will know each other better, relationships will have strengthened a little more, and the group will be full of energy and motivation to start the meeting or workshop.

Alternatives for a remote team

This could also work as an online activity, by posting a question of the day/week/month to your online group. Whether an in-person or remote team, the questions could all be oriented to the team’s regular activities.

For example:

• What is the worst thing that could happen during our meeting today?
• What is the best contribution you have made to this team?
• What is the worst misunderstanding you’ve experienced with other team members?
• What is the project you are working on that you are most passionate about?

The topics of this publication: motivation, interactions, active listening, self, disinhibition, distension, foster relationships, integration, energize