the marshmallow challenge Soledad Bauer / Organizational and Talent Management Director
teamwork challenge
THE CHALLENGE
TO BUILD THE TALLEST FREE-STANDING STRUCTURE
The marshmallow has to be on top
20 STICKS OF SPAGHETTI
TAPE
STRING
MARSHMALLOW
15 MINUTES
What can we learn from this challenge?
5 MINUTES Retrospective
15 MINUTES
the marshmallow challenge Soledad Bauer / Organizational and Talent Management Director
teamwork challenge
taskoriented
taskoriented different types of leaderships
taskoriented different types of leadership
last minute disaster
Who consistently performs poorly?
Business Students
Business Students ORIENTED TO ONE RESULT OR ONE PLAN
GET DISTRACTED WEAK STRUCTURES
Who consistently performs well?
kindergarten students
kindergarten students NO POWER STRUGGLE
EXPERIMENTATION
BUSINESS STUDENTS
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS 18 minutes
orient
plan
build
ta-da!
prototype refine
Challenge results 100cm
75cm
50cm
25cm
Average
Business school students
Lawyers
Kindergarten
Architects & Engineers
CEOs
CEOs & Executive Admins
Challenge results 100cm SPECIALIZED SKILLS FACILITATION SKILLS
+ SUCCESS
75cm
50cm
25cm
Average
Business school students
Lawyers
Kindergarten
Architects & Engineers
CEOs
CEOs & Executive Admins
INCENTIVES + LOW SKILLS
≠SUCCESS
INCENTIVES + SKILLS +PROTOTYPE
HIGH SUCCESS
Lessons learned
WORK COLLABORATIVELY
PROTOTYPING MATTERS
DIVERSE SKILLS MATTER
the marshmallow challenge Soledad Bauer / Organizational and Talent Management Director
teamwork challenge