Teambuilding activity: Traffic Jam game and how to play and how to solve it

Traffic Jam is a great teambuilding activity or game to play with 8 players.
In this video I will explain how to play the game and you will find the solution to the given problem.
0:00 - What makes the Traffic Jam so powerful?
0:20 - What is the goal of the Traffic Jam?
0:34 - The 4 rules that you have to make clear in advance
1:09 - Let's play the Traffic Jam!
1:34 - What happens when they get stuck?
3:12 - What to do when they keep getting stuck?
4:04 - Here is the solution to the Traffic Jam!
4:47 - Can they solve the Traffic Jam themselves?
Well done!
Now, do you have the confidence to do the Traffic Jam yourself?
(and help many teams creating a breakthrough?)
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greetz, Hugo Bakker
#teambuildingactivity #trafficjam #trafficjamgame

[@101werkvormen_nl]

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[@karinaprovost8807]

For those of you who don't understand Dutch, here's an English explanation: The objective is to switch teams, so left has to go right and vice versa. But, there are 4 rules to be followed (I'd add a 5th one to exclude another imo easier solution). 1) You may only go forward. 2) you may not overtake your team member. 3) only one person at a time may do a move. 4) you cannot have more than 1 person in a hoop. (as a 5th I'd add: you may not overtake more than 1 person at a time, otherwise all women could move forward one hoop, the first man takes the last, all women move forward another one, the second man walks towards the last but one hoop, etc). According to this team builder (coach), it may cause quite a lot of frustration at first but should encourage working together to come to the solution. Halfway the trials, the coach gives a tip by merely counting the hoops from 1-9. The solution happens to be that the teams are considered odd and even. The first man steps into the open hoop, this is hoop 5 and hence odd, which means that all men can only use odd hoops and all women use the even hoops. I hope this explanation has helped you out.

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Thank you so much Karina!

[@karinaprovost8807]

@@101werkvormen_nl Graag gedaan, hoor. Vandaag ook met mijn leerlingen gedaan tijdens het JOS-uur (Jij Op School). Tijdens dit uur wordt de eerste maanden gewerkt aan teambuilding, ervan uitgaande dat een puber pas echt zichzelf kan zijn als hij weet dat hij de groep kan vertrouwen. Zeer waardevol uurtje ;)

[@101werkvormen_nl]

@@karinaprovost8807 wat goed zeg, geniet van je werk!

[@tawood2014]

Sounds good! I will try this on my next Problem Solving session at work. Thankyou for the English explanation :-)

[@Nicole-fp6gh]

Thank you Karina! I thought of the same solution without the added 5th rule. This would also be a good test of assumptions limiting your solutions. He didn't say a person could only overtake one other person.

[@kasym13]

Mind blowing! FANTASTIC!

[@101werkvormen_nl]

YES, I FINALLY MADE SOME TIME TO CREATE THE SUBTITLES FOR YOU so everyone who can read english will understand the game and will have to solution! Have fun!

[@teelereimus]

Can you play this game with 7 people? Or 6 people?

[@101werkvormen_nl]

@@teelereimus Yes, most teams of 3 use a ´thing´ to help them imagine that´s the 4th player (hope you understand my english)

[@dilipwaghmare148]

Good game,liked

[@ilf6090]

This looks really good experience. It seems more fun and enjoyable to play. It does have to go steps with hula hoops on the ground.

[@mridhoss]

Thanks for this video... I just did it in my leadership game session... The students enjoy so much.... Of 14 groups consisting of 10 students, there were only 3 or 4 groups made it true... Overall, they love it! Thanks tho

[@101werkvormen_nl]

That's great!

[@dennislauffer3783]

Leuke teambuilding activiteit! Ik hoorde geen regel over het inhalen van meerdere mensen van de "andere groep". Dan lijkt een andere oplossing ook mogelijk. Vanuit bovenstaand startpunt: alle vrouwen stappen 1 voor 1 een stap naar voren. De eerste man loopt dan alle vrouwen voorbij naar lege hoepel die rechts van de vrouwen ontstaat. Alle vrouwen zetten vervolgens weer een stap naar voren, etc. Als dat klopt is die regel uiteraard alsnog toe te voegen om die optie te voorkomen. Ik had na de uitleg zelf ingevuld dat je niet buiten een hoepel zou mogen en verwachte hierin ook hilariteit als bijkomstigheid. Maar bij inhalen mag dat dus wel bij deze uitwerking. Lijkt me ook iets beter gezien niet iedereen gecharmeerd zal zijn om zo dicht in elkaars zone te komen.

[@user-dh5lw6bg1q]

good activity ,this activity is mean that critical thinking and good strategy planning .thank for your video

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Enjoy the traffic jam!

[@tuyentruong909]

You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do

[@jasminedew7157]

Could someone explain the rules and objective in english please??

[@mechsourabh]

Isabell

[@karinaprovost8807]

For those of you who don't understand Dutch, here's an English explanation: The objective is to switch teams, so left has to go right and vice versa. But, there are 4 rules to be followed (I'd add a 5th one to exclude another imo easier solution). 1) You may only go forward. 2) you may not overtake your team member. 3) only one person at a time may do a move. 4) you cannot have more than 1 person in a hoop. (as a 5th I'd add: you may not overtake more than 1 person at a time, otherwise all women could move forward one hoop, the first man takes the last, all women move forward another one, the second man walks towards the last but one hoop, etc). According to this team builder (coach), it may cause quite a lot of frustration at first but should encourage working together to come to the solution. Halfway the trials, the coach gives a tip by merely counting the hoops from 1-9. The solution happens to be that the teams are considered odd and even. The first man steps into the open hoop, this is hoop 5 and hence odd, which means that all men can only use odd hoops and all women use the even hoops. I hope this explanation has helped you out.

[@101werkvormen_nl]

YES, I FINALLY MADE SOME TIME TO CREATE THE SUBTITLES FOR YOU so everyone who can read english will understand the game and will have to solution! Have fun!

[@elderesamson7893]

what are the debriefing questions of this game? i will play this to our youth workers

[@AmyWalker-gs1sf]

Why are they stuck at 2.22? If the front red guy on the left walked to the empty yellow hoop on the right, the ladies could all move forward one and the next guy could move etc?

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Try it out on paper..., or watch the solution given in the video.

[@Dylanpiet]

Kun je dit spelen, zolang je maar een oneven aantal aan vakjes hebt? Dus ipv 9 kun je ook 7 of 11 of 13 vakjes maken?

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Beste Dylan, ik heb net nog even 5 tegen 5 geprobeerd, maar dat lukt niet (mij in ieder geval niet).

[@jincywatches]

traffic jam

[@lienandaxl8467]

Is er ook een regel dat je niet meerdere mensen mag voorbijgaan? Ik dacht aan de oplossing: de 4 mannen zetten een stap vooruit. De eerste vrouw gaat helemaal links staan. 4 mannen zetten weer een stap, de 2e vrouw gaat eromheen. Enzo verder

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Ja klopt, dat is één van de regels!

[@aronvanwaarden2862]

simple question and maybe a bit supid (let's hope i'll get a reaction: Is is possible to play this with 10 people or more?

[@101werkvormen_nl]

That´s a really good question and to be honest; I don't want to give you the answer. You have the solution for playing with 8 people, now try this with 10 (on a table with some pieces of wood/paper or anything that helps). Let me know if you got your answer!

[@VTALKSMEDIAvijaykhanke]

I dint understand the activity. Can someone explain d activity in English?

[@101werkvormen_nl]

YES, I FINALLY MADE SOME TIME TO CREATE THE SUBTITLES FOR YOU so everyone who can read english will understand the game and will have to solution! Have fun!

[@wisanggenicuculangit2544]

Wkwkwkwkwkwk Aku sudah pernah melakukan game ini tahun 2000 waktu outbound

[@latifa6836]

Si quelqu'un peut expliquer l activité en français Svp. Merci.

[@101werkvormen_nl]

YES, I FINALLY MADE SOME TIME TO CREATE THE SUBTITLES FOR YOU so everyone who can read english will understand the game and will have to solution! Have fun!

[@sayedabdullah95]

Can it be done with 10 people?

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Yes!

[@ALLSTUDENTSOFUNIVERSITIES]

This game is more a time management game than team building one ( although some cooperation is involved).

[@101werkvormen_nl]

Thanks for your contribution TAP, how is it more a timemanagment game? This game involves a lot; handling frustration, making agreements, perseverence, leadership, The way I play it there is no time involved.

[@ALLSTUDENTSOFUNIVERSITIES]

@@101werkvormen_nl Maybe one reason for your frustration is you are not managing time. I do it and it becomes so much challaning and fun.

[@101werkvormen_nl]

@@ALLSTUDENTSOFUNIVERSITIES your comment does not make sense and has nothing to do with the content of the video.

[@ALLSTUDENTSOFUNIVERSITIES]

@@101werkvormen_nl I understand you get frustrated easily. No love lost ❤

[@ALLSTUDENTSOFUNIVERSITIES]

To educate you further 2 days ago I played this game as part of my workshop on time management with a batch of executives. The time to complete was set at 15 min until next set of 8 take over. They loved it. 😍 Try it sometimes and don't get so frustrated dear ❤

[@ammaappa5985]

plzzz tamil

[@duypham3206]

You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do