TeamUp 2024

The Two Truths and a Lie icebreaker is a quick activity that will help bond with your new team mates. It’s a simple game: guess which is the lie among the three facts stated by your colleagues.

How does the Two Truths and a Lie Icebreaker work?

1️⃣ Take few minutes so that each member writes down two truths and one lie about themselves. Keep these notes secret, and not share them with the team yet.

2️⃣ Once you've made sure everyone has come up with their two truths and one lie, invite a random participant to reveal their three statements.

3️⃣ Give everyone 30 seconds to decide what the lie is. It’s not about debating anyone's assumptions, but it is instead about quickly choosing what the lie is.

4️⃣ At the end of these 30 seconds, everyone reveals what in their opinion is the lie among the 3 statements made by your colleagues.

5️⃣ Once everyone has spoken, invite the designated person to say what the lie was. You might be surprised!

6️⃣ Repeat this cycle until all team members have been able to reveal their 2 truths and 1 lie.

If you have trouble preparing, perhaps this can help you:

• Do you excel in a particular area or activity?

• Do you have brothers or sisters?

• Do you have an unusual story about them?

• What's a completely new activity that you have started (or want to do)?

• Have you witnessed anything extraordinary?

• Do you have a special talent that no one knows about?

• When you were a child, what did you want to become when you grew up?

• Have you ever met a celebrity?

Strategise to fool your colleagues like a pro!

The difficulty of this icebreaker is to be able to deliver a credible lie. Here are some tips to keep your lies undetectable:

• Give an equal amount of detail to each of your 3 examples.

• Mix up the order of your lie and your truths.

• Try to tell a lie that is not exaggerated, so that it is as plausible as your truths.

• Deliver your lie in the same tone as you tell your truths.

• Do not hesitate to use an extraordinary truth to camouflage it as a lie.

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