Building strong workplace relationships and fostering teamwork starts with finding common ground – shared experiences, interests, and perspectives that create a sense of connection. However, initiating these conversations can be challenging, especially in diverse teams or new work environments.

The Common Ground Thumball is your solution to initiating these conversations. This interactive team-building tool is designed to help colleagues break the ice, spark meaningful conversations, and uncover shared interests in a fun and engaging way. By tossing the ball and responding to thought-provoking prompts, employees can quickly discover mutual experiences, values, and perspectives, helping to build trust and camaraderie. It’s one of the best team-bonding activities for fostering connections in any workplace.

Perfect for onboarding new employees, team meetings, leadership development, and workplace icebreakers, the Common Ground Thumball promotes open communication, collaboration, and a positive work culture – one toss at a time!

Kick off your training by emphasizing how stronger interpersonal connections strengthen teams and improve collaboration. Then, introduce the Common Ground Thumball as a powerful tool to help employees discover shared interests, values, and experiences, fostering stronger connections and teamwork. To get started, toss the ball and keep it going from person to person. Whether you’re introducing new hires or strengthening established teams, the Common Ground Thumball is one of the best team-bonding activities to build trust and engagement.

By playing in teams, participants will learn about each other in these key aspects:

• Time: Ways to spend free time, weekends, vacations
• Favorites: Favorite foods, activities, apps, shows, books
• People: Family and friends who impact your life
• Growth: Goals, talents, or skills you'd like to develop
• Moolah: What you'd spend money on
• You: claims to fame and more

¿Buscas una forma divertida y sencilla de romper el hielo y generar conversaciones significativas? Los Thumballs son una de las mejores actividades de colaboración para equipos. Simplemente lanza, atrapa y responde a la indicación que tienes debajo del pulgar: así de simple. Con temas atractivos e intuitivos, los Thumballs crean un ambiente relajado y sin estrés que dinamiza cualquier sesión de capacitación, fomenta la participación y hace que el aprendizaje sea más interactivo. Prepárate para convertir cada lanzamiento en una oportunidad para conectar, aprender y divertirse.

Mary Miller Pembleton, logopeda, creó Thumball™ para involucrar a sus estudiantes con dificultades de aprendizaje combinando actividades de habla con juegos de pelota. Tras un sueño que la inspiró a comercializar el producto, ella y su esposo Gregg desarrollaron y patentaron Thumball™, que ahora se utiliza para mejorar la comunicación y las habilidades sociales en diversos entornos. Su empresa, Answers In Motion, también personaliza Thumballs para HRDQ y otras empresas. El éxito del producto ha crecido con el aumento de la publicidad y las ventas, cumpliendo su visión de convertir Thumball™ en una marca reconocida.