You are leading a brand new project team whose members are coming from all over...

You invite the team members and ask them to design their own (team-wise) emblem representing their values, beliefs, goals, tasks together than a common motto.

You invite every member in turn to describe his/her past experience and his/her major achievements in the organization or in their former job.

You ask every member in turn to write down three things he/she likes and dislikes in the organization and to post them on a wall. A volunteer is then chosen to read randomly some posts that are then discussed with the group.

You draw a staircase with 11 steps, each of them representing a major milestone of the project. The bottom of the stairs corresponds to the first day of the project and the upper step means that the project is released. You locate the present situation in the top of the stairs. The team is asked to identify and discuss the major steps downwards.