The Go Game is a cell phone-guided scavenger hunt that sends teams out on a "mission" that includes crazy clues and directions delivered via phone app, optional encounters with scripted actors or flash mobs who pose challenges, and incidents and obstacles that must be managed and surmounted.
How To: Teams have a mandate to document the exercise in pictures that will be judged for creativity in an office-wide gathering at the end of the challenge. Members earn points for their team by succeeding at various tasks throughout the exercise, and the winning team gets a giant trophy after the photo judging. The Go Game enhances communication and general hilarity, group problem-solving, creative collaboration and risk-taking, and camaraderie. The documentary evidence can be uploaded to a private website that can be revisited to spark discussions about teamwork.
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