← Icebreakers
First Job, Worst Job
Word cloudRemote or in person
Two answers each. Levels a room faster than anything.
Everyone's first job was undignified and everyone's worst job was worse. Two quick prompts that put the CEO and the intern on precisely the same footing, which is the entire reason to run it before a session about hierarchy or feedback.
Run this when…
The situations it was built for. If none of these is the room you have, it is probably the wrong activity.
- Before a session on feedback or hierarchy
- A leadership team meeting a wider group
- Any workshop with mixed seniority in the room
How it runs
Everyone types a short answer and it lands on the big screen as it arrives.
- 1You start a session and put the code on the big screen.
- 2Everyone joins on their phone — no app, no sign-up, just the code.
- 3You drive the pace from the host screen; the room answers as they go.
- 4Ending the session builds the report, with every answer in it.
Running it well
Only the host sees these. Participants never do.
- Go first, and pick your least dignified job. The room calibrates entirely off the most senior person's answer.
- Keep it as a list rather than a cloud. "Paper round" and "washing up" are two stories, not one word twice.
Run it yourself
Free for thirty days, no card. Add it, share the code, and your room is playing in about fifteen seconds.
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At a glance
- Players
- 3–200
- Runs for
- 6–12 min
- Where
- Remote or in person
- Big screen
- Required
- Teams
- Individual only
- Best for
- Getting acquainted
What it builds
communicationcollaboration