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Illustration of long nail as used in Find The Nail trust-building exercise

Find The Nail

Very simple problem with powerful message about subtlety.

  • Simple set-up
  • Challenging
  • Powerful metaphor
  • Suits all group sizes
  • Virtual option

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Comments (2)

  1. neilmercer

    Hi there Mark!
    A question regarding “Find the Nail”.
    Are participants allowed to move around the space after they open their eyes?
    Many thanks,
    N

    • Mark Collard

      Good timing with your question, Neil, we just uploaded the video – check it out. But in short, yes. Participants are invited to stroll around the area to locate the nail – it would be pretty hard sometimes if they couldn’t 🙂

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