Inspect the available pieces
Inspect the available pieces. Explain what your team needs.
Engineering / Corporate team experiences
Barter Puzzle
Plan. Collaborate. Improve.
Teams begin with incomplete puzzle sets and must exchange information and negotiate pieces with other groups to complete their own picture.
FlexibleParticipants · indicative
By briefActivity duration · indicative
Small teamsParticipants per team
MechanicalTechnology focus
The challenge brief
Plan. Collaborate. Improve.
Teams begin with incomplete puzzle sets and must exchange information and negotiate pieces with other groups to complete their own picture.
Agree the mission rules and success criteria during the briefing, then let your team choose its approach.
What shapes the challenge
- Explain what your team needs.
- Look for mutually useful exchanges.
- Keep promises made during negotiation.
- Consider how competition affects shared progress.
Inside the experience
Your mission, step by step.
A practical progression from the first decision to the final demonstration.
Identify the missing elements
Identify the missing elements. Look for mutually useful exchanges.
Open discussions with other teams
Open discussions with other teams. Keep promises made during negotiation.
Agree and complete exchanges
Agree and complete exchanges. Consider how competition affects shared progress.
Assemble and review the final puzzle
Assemble and review the final puzzle. Explain what your team needs.
Purpose behind the experience
Build capability through participation.
Shared planning
Explain what your team needs.
Clear communication
Look for mutually useful exchanges.
Coordinated action
Keep promises made during negotiation.
Learning from feedback
Consider how competition affects shared progress.
Bring the learning back to work.
Use the review to connect role clarity, communication and adjustment to the way your team completes shared work.
Make it work for your teamA considered setup.
A considered setup.
A clear purpose.
Plan Barter Puzzle around your participants, the available time and the decisions you want them to practise.
Suggested audiences
Corporate teamsTeam offsitesEmployee engagement programmes
Group sizes and timings are planning guides. Equipment, technical depth and venue suitability are confirmed in the proposal.
Before you bookGood questions.
Good questions.
Clear answers.
Planning details for Barter Puzzle. Bring any additional requirements into your conversation with Sieger.
What is Barter Puzzle?
Teams begin with incomplete puzzle sets and must exchange information and negotiate pieces with other groups to complete their own picture.
What will the team actually do?
The session progresses through these tasks: inspect the available pieces; identify the missing elements; open discussions with other teams; agree and complete exchanges; assemble and review the final puzzle.
What makes this challenge work?
Explain what your team needs. Look for mutually useful exchanges. Keep promises made during negotiation. Consider how competition affects shared progress.
How does the activity connect to work?
Use the review to connect role clarity, communication and adjustment to the way your team completes shared work.
How many participants can join?
Group size is agreed after reviewing the venue, available equipment and facilitation format. Share your expected numbers so the programme can be organised into suitable teams.
How long does the session take?
Duration is agreed in the proposal. The agenda should allow time for the briefing, challenge rounds, discussion and a closing debrief.
What equipment should we plan for?
The proposed format uses activity brief, facilitator-selected task materials, agreed performance criteria, debrief guide. Confirm devices, internet access and venue needs before booking.
Can participants with different experience levels take part?
Share the audience profile and any accessibility needs during planning. Task complexity, role allocation and support can be discussed to suit the participants.
Can the brief reflect our event objectives?
The scenario, difficulty and discussion focus can be discussed around your objectives. Agree the final scope and any content requirements with Sieger before the event.
How do we request a proposal?
Send your preferred date, venue, participant count and objectives through the enquiry form. Mention Barter Puzzle so the team can discuss the relevant format.
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LET'S CREATE YOUR NEXT SHARED MOMENT
What could your team
What could your team
do together?
Tell us what you have in mind. We will help you explore a programme that fits your people and your occasion.
- Your peopleGroup size, audience and participation needs.
- Your plansDate, destination, venue and time available.
- Your purposeTeam connection, learning or a celebration.
- Your outcomesWhat you want your team to experience or take away.
Still finalising the details? Share what you know.
From your brief to a considered programme
Every team is different. Share your people, purpose and preferred setting, and we’ll translate your brief into an experience designed to connect, engage and create lasting impact.
- Choose a format suited to your participants.
- Align the experience with your event goals.
- Tailor the programme to your team’s needs.
- Plan the flow, venue and logistics.
- Create an experience people will remember.
ENQUIRE WITH SIEGER GROUP
Start the conversation.
Share your brief and preferred contact details.
One shared challenge.
More ways to work together.
Choose an experience that connects your people, your purpose and the possibilities of technology.