Domino Effect

Get ready for an exhilarating, highly interactive competitive team building activity. This one combines strategy, imagination and plenty of hands-on action as teams collaborate design and build their own crazy contraptions.

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One Event Sets off a Series of Similar Events

The inspiration behind this hilarious team building program is the one and only Rube Goldberg. Goldberg was a true original – a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, he leveraged his engineering background to dream up wacky, delightfully overcomplicated machines. His unique vision helped create one of our favorite events for unleashing creativity and team collaboration.

Domino Effect is filled with hands-on activities designed to get teams thinking outside the box. We designed it to emphasize resourcefulness, creativity and solutions-focused problem solving. Success requires clear communication, logical troubleshooting and the ability to think way outside the box.

This flexible team building exercise works really well as one component of a facilitated team development program using tools such as Belbin, Myers Briggs, and DiSC. A popular choice year after year, and for good reason.

*We also offer Chain Reaction, a collaborative version where each team is responsible for designing, assembling and decorating their portion of a single large contraption.

Participant working on a hands-on project during the Domino Effect team building event, focusing on creating Rube Goldberg-inspired contraptions to encourage creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration.

A group of excited participants celebrate their collaborative success after completing a Rube Goldberg-inspired contraption during the Domino Effect team building event.

Team members focus on assembling a complex contraption during the Domino Effect team building event, working together to foster creativity and problem-solving.

A table filled with colorful materials and building blocks, prepared for the Domino Effect team building activity.

A group of participants collaborates to assemble a complex chain reaction during the Domino Effect team building activity, focusing on constructing innovative contraptions.

Colorful dominoes and game pieces set up in a chain reaction during the Domino Effect team building activity.

Group of participants proudly waving after completing their Domino Effect team building activity, surrounded by creative contraption materials.

Close-up of a participant placing a toy car on a track as part of a hands-on activity during the Domino Effect team building event.

Teams working together in a spacious room, building creative contraptions during the Domino Effect team building event.

Participant carefully assembling a part of a contraption during the Domino Effect team building event, while other teams work in the background.

Team members collaborating over orange cards during the Domino Effect team building event, with a remote participant joining in via a tablet.

Participants sorting through materials and building supplies during the Domino Effect team building event, with a remote team member visible on a tablet.

Team members collaborating and building creative contraptions during the Domino Effect team building event, surrounded by various building materials and tools.

Participants at the Domino Effect team building event working together to complete a building challenge.

Team members collaborating during the Domino Effect team building event, working with various materials and components on a table to create complex contraptions.

Participants engaged in the Domino Effect team building event, assembling creative contraptions using colorful materials.

Team member constructing a creative contraption during the Domino Effect team building event, focusing on building a structure with colorful materials.

Group of participants collaborating and constructing complex devices during the Domino Effect team building event.

Team members assembling components of a track during the Domino Effect team building activity.

Participants working together to build a complex contraption during the Domino Effect team building activity.

Team members collaborating to construct a creative machine in the Domino Effect team building event.

Team members working together on building a creative machine as part of the Domino Effect team building event.

Group of participants collaboratively constructing a Rube Goldberg-style machine during the Domino Effect team building event.

Teams working together to build an intricate Rube Goldberg machine during the Domino Effect team building activity.

Team collaborating outdoors to assemble a creative Rube Goldberg-style machine during the Domino Effect team building activity.

Participants selecting colorful supplies and materials for a team building Domino Effect activity, where teams construct intricate machines.

Team size

10-1000+

Time needed

2-3 Hours

Space requirement

This hands-on team building program works best in a large indoor venue with plenty of open space – your offices, a conference room or ballroom are all great choices. 20 sq. ft. per participant is a good rule of thumb.

Ideal for

Friendly competition
Communication & collaboration
Energizing annual events
Celebrating product launches

Tailoring

TeamBonding is all about customization. Would you like specific elements of company branding, culture and/or mission statement woven into your program? Just let us know what you have in mind.

Chosen By:

"Everything went very well. Kiku was fantastic. Chain Reaction was a blast"

Helix Medical

"The activity was fantastic, what made it even better was Patrick. He was an incredible facilitator. Yes, we definitely look forward to partnering with you again in the near future."

Google

"Our company-wide meeting this summer included a Team Bonding event. Our goal was the get people to work with coworkers outside of the their usual interactions and to have fun doing it. It was a success! Everyone got into the activity and the facilitators were great at encouraging people and keeping the atmosphere fun. Booking and planning the event was super easy, and everything went smoothly the day of- definitely a great experience!"

ActBlue

"THANK YOU!! The event was a huge success!! Sheryl & team were fabulous. I will look for Teambonding for my next event. The whole process was seamless for me, thanks again."

GSK Consumer Healthcare

"Our team really enjoyed the Teambonding activities and particularly the Play to Win series facilitated by Rob in the afternoon. He connected the company rally cry and corporate message along with earlier discussions into the activities/games which led to great lessons and debriefs by the team members. He allowed the group to participate organically and prompted conversation without being disruptive. Hoping Rob can facilitate future meetings for our company."

Avyve

"The Chain Reaction activity was amazing! I must say that I was a little nervous about how it would go over with our crew, but it went better than expected!!"

Tar Heel Basement Systems

"We really enjoyed the event and found the Domino Effect perfect for our team. The vast majority of our team members have Engineering backgrounds and the Domino Effect provided a great hands on team bonding experience. I highly recommend it for any high tech organizations. Thanks again for your help and patience. We look forward to havening a similar event next January!"

CAES

"We had a great time with the Domino Effect challenge and I was positively surprised by the amount of resources provided for the challenge and by the effort that your team put to make it feel like a real competition between our colleagues. The winning team has still many days to brag about their victory! I hope this was also a great experience from your team as well."

GotPhoto

"Thank you for following up. The event was fantastic! We had an awesome turn-out and all of the participants had a great time."

"I had a great experience booking a team-building activity with TeamBonding. They were professional and knowledgeable from the first steps until the activity the day of. Everyone had a great time playing Domino Effect, and the facilitators were FANTASTIC. I would recommend TeamBonding to anyone looking to break the ice with a new group or take group dynamics to the next level."

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