A workshop gives participants duct tape, straws, and a raw egg, then challenges them to build something that protects it during a drop. The debrief connects what failed in their design to how they communicate and learn. Hands-on, uncomfortable exercises teach soft skills better than PowerPoint.
One of the ones that they love so much is I give everybody duct tape and straws and they have to build a contraption so I can drop a raw egg into it. One, I can't bring PowerPoints to these guys. It's not gonna work. We're hands-on companies. How am I gonna do it? So I bring some type of competition, whether it's that or some type of building aspect of it, and then I give everybody different challenges. Basically, I'm making them do something that's different out of their comfort zone or challenging what they think they know. And then let's talk about it. Why does it work? Why did it not work? Because I'm not saying that these are all the right ways, but let's just create awareness and have the conversation. You kind of your communication skills and your learning skills as I do these cheesy activities.
