truth or dare for work

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Team building edition

Truth or dare?

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A work-safe truth or dare for teams

Truth or dare at work only works if nobody has to reveal anything they would regret on Monday. This version is built for team building: the truths are friendly icebreakers about desk snacks, career advice, favorite tools and the story behind that mug on your desk, and the dares are light, a little theatrical and over in twenty seconds. There are no questions about salaries, relationships, health, politics or bosses, and nothing that singles anyone out.

How to run it with a team

  • Put the page on the big screen in the meeting room or share it on the video call. The facilitator taps Truth, Dare or Random for each person.
  • Truth is always an option. Anyone can choose Truth every single time. Dares are for those who enjoy them.
  • Short rounds. Ten minutes at the start of a workshop or after lunch is plenty. Stop while people are still smiling.
  • Team play. In larger groups, split into small teams with the random team generator; each team picks who answers.

All 32 truths and 32 dares

Truth

  1. What job did you want at age ten, and how close did you get?
  2. What is your go-to desk snack?
  3. What is the best piece of career advice you have ever received?
  4. Which app or tool could you not work without?
  5. What is your favorite way to spend a lunch break?
  6. Who here would you want on your team in an escape room?
  7. What skill do you have that nobody at work knows about?
  8. What is your ideal soundtrack for focused work?
  9. What is the most useful keyboard shortcut you know?
  10. If our team were a band, what would we be called?
  11. What is the best team outing you have ever been on?
  12. What have you learned from a coworker here?
  13. Coffee, tea or neither? How do you take it?
  14. What is the funniest typo you have seen in a work email? No names.
  15. Which department would you like to shadow for a day?
  16. What is the most interesting fact about your hometown?
  17. What is your favorite piece of jargon in your field?
  18. What do you remember about your first day here?
  19. What is the best book or podcast you have discovered recently?
  20. What is on your desk that has a story behind it?
  21. What work habit are you proud of?
  22. If you could add one perk to the office, what would it be?
  23. What is your most-used emoji at work?
  24. What is the best compliment you have received from a client or colleague?
  25. Are you an early bird or a night owl?
  26. What would your out-of-office message say if it could be completely honest and still polite?
  27. What meeting habit do you think more teams should adopt?
  28. What are you looking forward to this quarter?
  29. What is the most memorable presentation you have ever given?
  30. What is the strangest question a customer has ever asked you?
  31. What talent would you bring to a company talent show?
  32. If our team had a mascot, what would it be?

Dare

  1. Give a 30-second motivational speech to the office printer.
  2. Explain your job in exactly five words.
  3. Do your best impression of a dial-up modem connecting.
  4. Pitch a ridiculous new company perk in 30 seconds.
  5. Read out an invented headline for the next company newsletter.
  6. Mime your commute and let the team guess how you get to work.
  7. Name one thing each person in the room is great at.
  8. Do your best impression of a video call freezing mid-sentence.
  9. Lead the team in a 20-second stretch break.
  10. Describe your desk like a luxury real estate listing.
  11. Give the weather forecast for the next team meeting.
  12. Describe your weekend plans using only business buzzwords.
  13. Draw the company logo from memory in 20 seconds.
  14. Act out sending an email to the wrong person and realizing it.
  15. Walk to the front of the room like a keynote speaker taking the stage.
  16. Give a two-sentence talk on the art of the coffee break.
  17. Invent a team cheer and lead it.
  18. Compliment three colleagues on something specific they did this month.
  19. Give sports commentary on someone refilling their water bottle.
  20. Spell your job title backward.
  21. Announce the rest of today's agenda like an airline pilot.
  22. Act out the five stages of looking for a free meeting room.
  23. Say "she sells seashells by the seashore" three times fast.
  24. Hum the hold music of a customer service line.
  25. Write a haiku about Mondays and read it aloud.
  26. Do your best impression of a laptop with 1 percent battery.
  27. Present one of your hobbies as if it were the quarterly results.
  28. Stand up and sit back down in your chair 10 times while counting in another language.
  29. Say the team's first names in alphabetical order.
  30. Give a guided tour of the break room as if it were a museum.
  31. Present an award to the team's most generous snack sharer.
  32. Show us your best "you're on mute" gesture.

How it works

  1. Gather the players

    Sit in a circle and decide who starts. One phone in the middle is enough, or put the page on a TV.

  2. Tap Truth or Dare

    On your turn, tap Truth, Dare or Random. The card comes from this page’s list, and anyone can pass.

  3. Pass the turn

    Answer honestly or do the dare, then hand over to the next player. Prompts don’t repeat until the list is used up.

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Tips for facilitators

A good icebreaker makes people feel more comfortable with each other, not less. Keep the tone easy and the pace quick, and make it clear from the start that passing is fine and nobody keeps score.

  • At an offsite, use it to mix people from different departments: each person answers a truth, and someone from another team asks a follow-up question.
  • At the holiday party, combine it with a gift exchange and play while presents are opened.
  • With remote teams, every dare can be done seated in front of a camera, and truths work just as well in the chat.
  • New hires? Let them go after a couple of veterans so they can see the tone before their turn.

Questions

Is this truth or dare appropriate for work?

Yes. It avoids personal topics like money, relationships, health and politics, and every dare is light enough for an all-hands or a client-free offsite.

Can we play with a remote or hybrid team?

Yes. Share your screen on the call, or paste each card into the chat. All dares can be done sitting in front of a camera.

How long should a round last?

Ten to fifteen minutes works well as a warm-up. For a longer session, alternate with another activity so it stays fresh.

Is this truth or dare game free?

Yes. It is free, funded by ads, and needs no account or app. It works right in your browser.

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