Treasure hunt

Activity description

The treasure hunt is a fun and stimulating activity that immerses teams in a quest filled with riddles, challenges, and cooperation.
Whether in a city, park, or even indoors, participants must solve clues to advance, often in friendly competition with other groups.
It’s an immersive adventure that calls on team spirit, logic, and strategy.

What does it impact ?

• Developing leadership and confidence : Each team must naturally identify one or more leaders to coordinate actions, make quick decisions, and motivate others, allowing certain participants to reveal or strengthen their leadership skills.
• Stimulating innovation and creativity : The challenges and riddles require original ideas, lateral thinking, and the ability to think outside the box.

What should the organizer prepare ?

• Choose a suitable and safe location for the hunt.
• Create or have someone create an engaging scenario with varied clues.
• Provide materials such as maps, phones, or compasses if needed.
• Arrange for facilitators or game masters to oversee the activity.
• Plan a symbolic prize ceremony for the winning team.

How to achieve our goals on the big day ?

• Form teams randomly to break down usual silos.
• Add logic, dexterity, and observation challenges to foster complementary skills.
• Incorporate clues related to the company’s values.
• Plan sharing moments after each stage to discuss strategies used.
• Use an interactive app or connected devices to energize the experience.
• End the activity with a convivial moment like a snack or aperitif to encourage informal exchanges.

When is the right context for this activity ?

• When a new team has just formed and needs to improve collaboration.
• After a long period of remote work, to relaunch team dynamics.
• As summer or a festive period approaches, to wrap up a quarter in a fun way.
• When informal exchanges are lacking and social bonds need a boost.

Other benefits

• Easily adaptable to all fitness levels and various locations.
• Can be fully customized according to the company’s goals or themes.
• Promotes experiential learning through play, enhancing retention of key messages and mobilized skills.

See what others have done 👋

• A software company in Brussels organized an augmented reality treasure hunt, but the marketing team spent 20 minutes searching for a clue… in a real public trash can!
• An HR team in Quebec loved the activity so much, they turned their break room into a permanent mini-maze!
• A consulting firm in Bordeaux hid a clue in a mailbox but forgot to warn the mailman! Participants ended up chasing him by bike over two blocks!
• A law firm in Geneva finished the hunt in an underground tunnel where one team found a real forgotten backpack… full of sushi!
• An advertising agency in Milan triggered an alarm while trying to open a hidden box in a historic building… police response included!