Human Knot

Goal:

• To sharpen communication skills and to reveal who is patient during times of frustration or who takes on a leadership role.

Instructions:

• Have participants stand in a circle, shoulder to shoulder.
• Each person has to reach out their right hand and grab another right hand of a different person at random.
• Repeat with left hands.
• The group must untangle the circle without releasing hands within half an hour (or any time frame set by the facilitator).
• If the group is too large, make multiple smaller circles and have the separate groups compete. It’s best done with groups of 10 to 15 people.