How
can
twenty
sticks
of
dry
spaghetti
,
a
yard
of
tape
,
a
yard
of
string
,
and
one
marshmallow
help
build
a
stronger
team
?
A
popular
team
-
building
exercise
,
as
the
Marshmallow
Challenge
,
promises
to
do
just
that
.
In
this
challenge
,
only
the
materials
mentioned
above
,
teams
compete
to
build
the
tallest
free
-
standing
structure
of
supporting
the
weight
of
one
marshmallow
at
the
top
.
only
18
minutes
to
complete
the
task
,
the
teams
must
learn
to
collaborate
quickly
.
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
,
by
Canadian
technology
expert
Tom
Wujec
*
,
has
been
conducted
around
the
world
with
architects
and
engineers
,
CEOs
,
lawyers
,
business
graduates
,
and
even
kindergarteners
*
.
the
years
the
challenge
has
produced
some
surprising
results
.
In
Wujec's
study
,
the
average
height
of
the
structures
constructed
was
20
inches
.
The
group
that
built
the
highest
structure
was
,
as
,
architects
and
engineers
.
CEOs
performed
slightly
better
than
the
average
,
third
.
Lawyers
,
on
the
other
hand
,
performed
below
average
,
ranking
second
to
last
.
And
working
to
create
the
best
plan
,
business
graduates
performed
the
worst
.
,
kindergarteners
outperformed
*
most
of
the
adult
teams
to
achieve
the
second
highest
performance
.
The
high
of
the
kindergarten
group
is
certainly
impressive
.
Most
of
the
time
,
kindergarteners
can
come
up
with
unique
ideas
and
make
their
structures
taller
and
more
innovative
than
of
adult
teams
.
One
reason
for
this
is
that
kids
usually
get
to
work
with
what
has
been
given
to
them
right
away
,
adults
spend
most
of
the
time
planning
before
putting
the
structure
together
.
This
leaves
no
time
to
the
design
if
it
cannot
support
the
marshmallow
.
reason
is
that
unlike
adults
,
kindergarteners
are
quicker
to
change
their
methods
after
failed
approaches
.
They
rely
trial
and
error
?
if
one
method
doesn't
work
,
they
quickly
move
on
to
the
next
.
This
approach
gives
them
immediate
feedback
about
design
elements
work
to
give
their
structure
height
and
stability
.
Still
another
reason
for
their
success
is
that
children
tend
to
freely
and
naturally
.
They
don't
waste
time
deciding
who
is
in
.
,
they
are
more
focused
on
working
together
to
figure
out
how
to
build
the
tallest
structure
.
The
Marshmallow
Challenge
teaches
us
that
age
and
experience
are
not
the
only
to
success
.
In
order
to
solve
problems
,
we
must
get
our
sleeves
rolled
up
and
get
stuck
in
right
away
,
and
experiment
with
new
ideas
,
and
collaborate
effectively
.
In
this
way
,
we
can
surely
get
the
marshmallow
to
the
top
.
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