The Polygon Puzzle™
The Polygon Puzzle™ is a powerful team development tool designed to teach team members to communicate effectively and to collaborate to achieve a common goal successfully. Used at any level of the organization from shop floor to boardroom, the Polygon Puzzle™ provides a powerful lesson in sharing information and listening. The puzzle can be used with small groups up to 30 participants using a single puzzle, or with hundreds of participants using multiple puzzles.

How does the Polygon Puzzle work?

• The Polygon Puzzle exercise takes less than an hour to complete.

• Participants (8-30 with one puzzle) are divided into working teams to assemble a twenty-eight piece, two-dimensional puzzle.

• Participants are given written clues from a deck of thirty clue cards.

• The clues are evenly divided among the work teams, with no single team having sufficient information to solve the puzzle.

• The process consists of three phases. Each phase is designed to allow participants to share information within their small team, then with the other teams, and finally to solve the puzzle as a group.

• The solution to the puzzle becomes clear when the small teams learn that they must work together.

What does the Polygon Puzzle kit include?

   28 puzzle pieces (made of PVC multi-colored plastic)
   30 coated clue cards in a plastic case
   Sturdy coated color solution sheet
   NEW - CD-ROM with facilitator materials and resources
       Includes: Expanded Facilitator Guide, New PowerPoint^TM Presentation, and a bonus
       Team Exercise to identify team member skills and set goals.
   A Quick-Read, 1-page Facilitator''s Guide

Who uses the Polygon Puzzle™?

   United States Senate
   Glaxo Wellcome
   Ernst & Young
   Dana Corporation
   Cochise County Correctional Department
   East Hampton Public Schools
   Universal Studios, Hollywood

The Polygon Puzzle™ will help your people…

   > Understand the importance of teamwork
   > Identify their strengths and weaknesses
   > Understand that each individual brings unique skills and experiences to the team
   > Learn to communicate effectively and to actively listen
   > Learn to cooperate and collaborate to problem-solve
   > Learn first hand how synergy brings about enhanced individual and group performance
   > Learn how to create a positive work environment within which professional relationships are strengthened