Mutual trust has significant impact on the commitment or the productivity of a group, therefore, it is crucial to maintain it among those interacting people. But is it something that is built only over time? In schools or workplaces where familiar faces can be replaced with new ones swiftly, are there easy ways to speed up this process?
In her thesis, Jennifer Kliver looks at a particular tool, ice breaking games, whose main purpose at the end is to warm up the room and facilitate the communication, and investigate if they have any effect on building trust and reciprocity. To document any…