Innovation in employee engagement activities- Part 2

Virtual Dahi Handi !!!

This idea stuck me when I was finishing my day at home, could be close 12.30 in night, I guess. What is virtual dahi handi my ED asked the next day? I explained him and he said good let us make these guys do some running, "bahut mote ho gaye hai jagah par baithe baithe" ( They have grown fat by seating at one place).

Team size: I had 50 staff, so 5 teams of 10 staff each. 

Preparation: 

1. We wanted to created a ten layer dahi handi so we made around 100 question of General Awareness quiz (mostly bollywood ) sealed in a plain envelope. We used white envelopes which matched the wall color. Stick a two sided tape(called as china tape) on each envelope.We numbered the questions and the corresponding correct answers to these were printed in an excel sheet to be kept with the moderator of the game.
2. One blank paper with 5 columns drawn on it, a maker/soft pen  etc. 

How did we play:

We have our team spread over three floors and you have to use stairs. We vacated the entire office and took them on the ground floor. Our MD kept them busy by giving some gyan on janmashtamai. In the meantime I with couple of my office staff and other ED stuck these envelopes across the three floors at various places and location like on the ceiling, behind the chairs,washrooms, inside the dustbin and all the wackiest places we could think off. 

We tagged the columned paper on the reception where the game was played.

Now we came out and explained the game - All you have to do is search the envelopes, get correct answers, be the first one to reach the reception, match your answer with the moderator's answer and      woah !! you create your first layer of handi. Each correct answer would represent a hangman and the team to create ten hangman one above the other wins the game!

One important thing please ensure that you do not touch the confidential areas like files and folders and ask people to maintain safety while moving around in office to avoid getting hurt and damaging any office asset.

It was chaos, it was fun and most importantly it was entertaining for the staff. They loved the whole idea and concept of these virtual Dahi Handi. It was an "Adrenalin Rush" as they described. It was remembered for weeks thereof, you know how ? They kept discovering the hidden envelopes under their desks, in washrooms, under the chairs and where not !!!

The whole idea of our HR activity is basically to let people loose and give them something fresh every time.

Will come back next time with a women's day celebration !