Using ‘Would You Rather’ questions with your team is a fun way to inspire conversations at work.
They present two extreme situational options which requires the person to choose and explain their position…
‘Would You Rather’ questions help by inspiring laughter and conversation at work.
The interesting discussions and debates between coworkers that result from introducing these “forced choice” options can increase employee morale and strengthen connections.
You can use this list of questions as a fun and unexpected addition to your next virtual team meeting, or as an occasional part of your office teambuilding efforts.
- Would you rather time travel back to the past or to the future?
- Would you rather give up brushing your hair or brushing your teeth for a year?
- Would you rather be able to read minds or be invisible?
- Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
- Would you rather meet your great-great-grandmother or your future granddaughter?
- Would you rather live without music or movies for the rest of your life?
- Would you rather have the ability to understand every language or talk to animals?
- Would you rather win a Nobel Prize or an Oscar?
- Would you rather never get tired or never have to go to the bathroom?
- Would you rather compete in a summer Olympic sport or a winter Olympic sport?
- Would you rather be the oldest person in the office or the youngest?
- Would you rather give up bathing for a month or give up the internet for a month?
- Would you rather permanently live 500 years in the future or 500 years in the past?
- Would you rather be in a monthly fight club or a weekly book club?
- Would you rather lose the ability to read or lose the ability to speak?
- Would you rather have a huge imagination or a photographic memory?
- Would you rather live in a world where there is no crime or no privacy?
- Would you rather give up pizza or give up ice cream?
- Would you rather have to grow your own food or sew all your clothes?
- Would you rather be a captain of a ship or an airplane pilot?
- Would you rather all your future meetings be online or face to face?
- Would you rather be famous for all the wrong reasons or not famous at all?
- Would you rather get three solid months of vacation or get one day off every week?
- Would you rather have a terrible boss but a great job or a great boss but a terrible job?
- Would you rather commute two hours to a dream job or two minutes to a boring job?
- Would you rather your skin be blue like a Smurf or green like Shrek?
- Would you rather be a pirate or a ninja?
- Would you rather never be able to leave the US or travel and never be able to return?
- Would you rather work in an office where you’re paid per hour or per task?
- Would you rather have a tail or horns?
- Would you rather have a job where you talk to people all day or talk to nobody all day?
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Have fun using these questions to spark conversation on your team…
(DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THIS “WOULD YOU RATHER” LIST HERE)
Sometimes just adding a bit of light conversation is just what a team needs.
And if you want to improve collaboration, trust, and accountability in your organization, planning a more intentional corporate team building event may be a valuable idea.
Team building is more than just a recreational or silly activity.
Real team building involves an ongoing commitment to create meaningful connections in your organization.
Great leaders ensure that everyone understands and cares about how they are contributing to a compelling common goal… and they ensure that everyone understands and appreciates the strengths and team personality types of the people they are working with.
A healthy, positive, and profitable workplace culture begins with those two connections.
AND – if you are curious t reflect on HOW HEALTHY your culture is, you might like to take 3-5 minutes to complete the FREE Effective Leader Culture Survey!
