4 > 5000
90 > 150 min.
No
Yes
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In Tinkering Team Building, you’ll build, invent, and solve problems together, stimulating creativity, team spirit, and developing collaboration skills, critical thinking, and adaptability. Tinkering is a term that comes from the English “To tinker,” which literally means to fiddle, try to fix, “think with your hands”… let’s discover together what it’s all about!
Tinkering: teams design and build complex structures using simple materials — cardboard, wood, rope, recycled components — following the STEM methodology from the Exploratorium of San Francisco. Three phases: briefing with challenge assignment and roles (15-20 min), design and construction with build-test-fail-iterate cycles (60-120 min), and testing with team presentations (20-30 min). From 10 to over 200 participants. Duration: 1.5-3 hours (ideal 2 hours). Indoor preferred or outdoor weather permitting. Each team gets a work table and materials. Challenges include functional bridges, chain reaction machines, and vehicles.
Tinkering has a high training level — one of the most formative construction formats. Key dynamics: innovation and creative problem-solving (simple materials force lateral thinking under resource constraints), rapid prototyping mindset (build-test-fail-iterate teaches embracing failure as learning), role coordination (architect, engineer, builder, tester roles mirror real project teams), planning vs. execution balance (strategic thinking before action), and cross-functional communication (design-to-build feedback loops reflecting workplace dynamics). The STEM methodology origin gives academic credibility while physical challenges create memorable learning. Facilitators run structured debriefings connecting construction decisions to workplace behaviors.
