by Mike Anderson, Jim Cain, Chris Cavert, and Tom Heck

For centuries puzzles have fascinated audiences all over the world. Here are a century's worth of puzzles, over one hundred in all, from four team building experts with collectively more than one hundred years' worth of experience. Learn how to use puzzles and challenging activities for building creative problem solving skills, creating consensus within a group, exploring diversity, creating an inclusive atmosphere, dealing with change, working with group decision making, setting goals, communicating clearly, working with limited resources, exploring leadership and teamwork.

Whether you are looking for a technique to increase information retention in a corporate training program, exploring creative problem solving methods in the classroom, or leading a team building program in the great outdoors, here are dozens of activities that create teachable moments that are sure to be remembered by your audience long after the puzzles have been solved.