Predictive Index Team Building Activities: 14 Icebreakers, Energizers and Big Aha's That Make PI Stick

Most teams look at their PI profiles once and never talk about them again. The fix isn’t another report. It’s getting people to use the data together, out loud, in a way that’s actually fun.

Here are 14 of the 18 PI-based activities in our toolkit, grouped by how you’d use them.

Icebreakers and energizers

Use these to open a meeting or workshop, or to break up a long session.

• Random Acts of PI: a company-wide energizer where people celebrate each other’s behavioral strengths. Run it in a day or over several weeks.
• Profile Mania: participants find the PI “neighborhoods” they share and connect through common traits. About 30–40 minutes.
• 2 Truths and a Lie: shows that you can’t always guess a profile from outward behavior. About a minute per person plus a short debrief.
• “PI”NGO: PI bingo that teaches the primary factors while people match traits to coworkers. 15–20 minutes.
• All in a Row: teams line up by factor intensity to see where they align and where they differ. About 25 minutes.

More detail on our PI icebreakers and energizers page.

Team building experiences

• Favorite Things: uses each person’s highest factor in a lighthearted exercise about cars, animals, songs and mottos. About 30 minutes.
• Meaningful Meetings: explores how behavioral drives shape meeting preferences, with tips for clearer meetings. 15–30 minutes.
• Would You Rather: a movement-based game about traits and factor combinations. 20–30 minutes.
• Risk / Reward: built on the A:D combination to show how team members approach risk. Works indoors or out.
• What I Like About You: teammates recognize each other’s strengths using PI data. About two minutes per person.
• Feel the Love: people write down the strengths they see in each other, linked to PI insights.

See the full write-ups on our PI team building page.

Big Aha’s (for offsites and full-day programs)

• House of Cards: a fast-paced experience that shows how a group communicates, collaborates and uses its strengths.
• Spies Among Us: logic puzzles plus suspicion reveal how natural behaviors get misread under pressure.
• The People Puzzle: teams rebuild a puzzle with missing pieces, connecting behavioral strengths to group decisions.

More on our PI Big Aha’s page.

How to make the activity last longer than the session

1. Tie it to real work. End with “what will we do differently in our next meeting?”
2. Repeat the language. Use factor names in team meetings for the next month.
3. Follow up with Obi. Have managers use Obi before their next one-to-ones.
4. Schedule the next one. One activity a quarter keeps PI alive.

Run them yourself or bring us in

Every activity here is in the PI Team Building Toolkit, with facilitator guides and customizable slide decks, so your HR lead or PI champion can run them with confidence. Prefer us in the room? We deliver them as facilitated workshops.

Part of our series on getting more ROI from Predictive Index:

• You Paid for Predictive Index. Here’s How to Get Your Money Back
• How to Calculate the ROI of Predictive Index
• Predictive Index Team Building Activities (you are here)
• The PI Adoption Cliff
• DIY vs Facilitated PI Team Sessions