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Alien Invasion - The Fragility of Trust

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Time:
This exercise will take about 20 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To explore the importance of trust and how easily it is lost.

Group Size:
Suitable for use with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels.

You'll Need:
• A whistle or bell (optional) to let the group know when to stop.
• A selection of small prizes.

Notes:
This provides an interesting insight into how tribalism, based on fear, is created and the implications of that.

If you don’t have sufficient space to allow you to leave the room, pre-prepare some slips of paper to distribute to participants to let them know if they are human or alien. Emphasise that they are to keep their status a secret from everyone else.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this icebreaker available in Trainers’ Library.

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A great activity to build trust between team members at the beginning of a long term programme
Clare Bell rated this item with 5 stars.

I used this ice-breaker with a newly formed project group that was going to work on organisational culture, values, and behaviours. It was the perfect activity, with the team making lots of assumptions about who an alien was due to their behaviour, body language, etc. I helped the team open up the topic of assumptions and trust and linked nicely into the day ahead. I liked it as it was easy to set up - no resources needed and gave me so much information that we could refer to throughout the day. At the end of the day, the delegates all stated that they loved the activity - so it's one that I will definitely be using again. Thanks Trainers Library for a great Ice Breaker.

Pauline Weddell rated this item with 5 stars.

We used this activity when our team had grown very quickly and there were signs of there being a few cracks. It led to a facilitated conversation about misinterpreting others and how its easy to make assumptions based on nothing. A really good activity to open up a really tough conversation
Katie Hastie rated this item with 5 stars.

I downloaded the Alien Invasion activity for a team building event with one of our departments, to embed the need for trust within the team and to build effectiveness in times of change. It went down really well, we went from a group of 20 people who had raised trust, honesty, transparency, and communication as key values/requirements within the team, to a roomful of suspicious, judgemental and distrusting individuals that were certain of who the “Aliens” were. There were a lot of laughs along the way but the realisation that they were all human was classic, and definitely a light bulb moment for applying all the values raised previously and not jumping on the assumption wagon. An excellent and fun activity that helped land the aims of the day. I also got some great feedback about the event from the department Director who also attended. Thanks for providing great content.

Joyce Macleod rated this item with 5 stars.

I used Alien Invasion at a recent team day, and it went down a storm! It was fun and helped us to land some serious points about communication and trust.
Julie Terry rated this item with 5 stars.