Short transcript excerpt from a YouTube conversation about inexpensive culture-building activities for companies. The speakers recommend low-cost, team-oriented exercises such as scavenger hunts (virtual or in-person) to spark playful teamwork, and a structured “genius hour” — a one-hour rapid-idea session where cross-functional participants brainstorm ways to improve client experience. Emphasis is on inclusivity, rapid ideation, and low cost.
What is a culture building? What's one. What's a good use of a hundred dollars or less that has. That can build your culture in a company?
Oh, I love. I love a good scavenger hunt. I. That's so cheesy and old school, but I love a good scavenger hunt. Whether it's an online scavenger hunt or, like, physically, if you're all in an area and you can do something like that, you're not all, you know, 100% virtual. I mean, it's virtually free. And the fun that comes out of it, I mean, you know, go to 7:11 and slurp down a Slurpee in, you know, 30 seconds and go to Target and buy a, you know, $50 puzzle in the discount aisle and make a puzzle, you know, at the. At the table and take a picture of it and, you know, go ask this team the history of this story. Go ask, you know, so simple little things, but any kind of teamwork, I feel like, is so fun. But I will tell you another one that I love, love, love. I used to call it genius hour. And the question is, you know, you just pose a company challenge that doesn't have anything to do with a specialty or a human being. How do we make our clients feel more special? What ideas do you have? One hour, it's rapid fire. One hour, it's exploring ideas. No idea is a bad idea. You get ideas from, you know it about customer service. You get ideas from customer service about it. So people get out of their defining blocks and just feel like they're contributing to the outcome.