Sometimes you get stuck. The ideas are gone and the inspiration is hard to find. Then it helps to take a step back. You can use puzzles to get creativity back on track. The most important thing is to get out of your head for a moment and use not only your eyes but also your hands and other senses. There are countless examples of fun puzzles and riddles on the internet. On this page a selection. We assume you work in/with a team.
HOUSE WITH A CROSS
The team members – everyone in front of them or in pairs – look for possible combinations to draw this house without taking the pen off the paper and without drawing a line twice. The answers look like this: 123143542. And all possible combinations can be found here .
IMPOSSIBLE PAPER PUZZLE
Have the team members individually make this ‘impossible’ shape as quickly as possible from 1 sheet of A4 and without glue or tape.
BOTTLES AND KNIVES
Take four empty beer bottles and 3 knives from the cutlery drawer. The challenge is to ensure that 1 bottle is raised a bottle length above the ground. But… the bottle may not stand on another bottle, not even with a knife in between. How do you get this done?
ADVERTISING POSTER
Which word (not necessarily the number of dots) should you write to the left and right of the line to make a very clever advertising poster? And for which organization? Tip: it is mainly about the right fit.