1The Challenge
What was the challenge?
Deutsche Telekom was experiencing The Thought Bulb for the first time, which meant the programme needed to do more than entertain — it needed to demonstrate, from the very first moment, what a thoughtfully designed team experience feels like. The objectives were layered: fun, collaboration, networking, and big picture thinking. For 160 participants across 8 teams, the day needed to move through different emotional registers — high-energy and competitive at one end, creative and reflective at the other — without losing momentum at any point across a full six hours.
2Our Solution
What solution did we design?
The Thought Bulb designed a two-act programme, each activity chosen to deliver on a different dimension of the brief. Squid Games opened the day — a high-energy, adrenaline-driven team challenge where teams compete through physically and mentally demanding games. To set the tone, participants wore their team attire from the moment the day began, and a war cry was performed before the games kicked off. Radiant Mosaic closed the day — a large-format collaborative art activity where teams each create a segment of a larger image, which only reveals itself in full when every piece comes together. Big picture thinking, made literal.
3How We Did It
How was the programme delivered?
The day ran from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, across two distinct phases. The Squid Games phase set the tone immediately — participants arrived in team attire, the war cry brought 160 people together in a single moment of collective energy, and teams were unleashed into a series of games demanding coordination, strategy, and courage. Jim Corbett's natural setting made every challenge feel wilder and more vivid. As the competitive energy settled, Radiant Mosaic took over. Teams shifted from competing to creating — each group working on their segment of a larger image, unaware of exactly how their piece would connect to everyone else's. The reveal, when all eight segments came together into a single cohesive artwork, was the kind of moment that stops a room.
4Key Outcomes
What were the results?
Eight teams. Two facilitators. One day that moved seamlessly from war cry to artwork. For a first-time client, the programme delivered exactly the kind of experience that builds long-term relationships. The two-activity format gave Deutsche Telekom's 160 participants the full range — the thrill of competition, the satisfaction of creation, and the moment of collective revelation when the mosaic revealed what they had built together. Jim Corbett made everything more vivid. The day delivered.
