My Mad Libs Team Icebreaker

When I led a team at Pinterest, I wanted a light, funny icebreaker to kick off our team offsite. So I made this Mad Libs for the team to fill out:

Hi, I’m [your full name]. I used to be a [first job], but I somehow landed a job at Pinterest as a [dream job]. I manage the sales team that works on the [a brand you love] business. Did you know they sell [noun]? Their results are [adjective]. At this rate, I think we should open an office near their headquarters in [where you grew up]. The office would be [adjective]. We’d stock the kitchen with [your favorite food], let employees bring their [noun] to work, ban all [pet peeves], and go [verb-ing] every Thursday. The team will definitely blow their goals out of the [noun]. And when they do, I’m taking everyone on a trip to [the last place you went on vacation].

It worked well because people could be funny without having to think too hard, and the final read-alouds gave everyone an easy way to share a little about themselves.

I’ve now turned it into a GPT, so people can just plug in their answers and get the full paragraph back, ready to read. It’s free in the GPT Store in case you want to use it for your own team.