Morrison, RachelCooper Thomas, Helena2026-05-212026-05-212026-04-24Management Teaching Review, ISSN: 2379-2981 (Print); 2379-2981 (Online), SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/237929812614299102379-29812379-2981http://hdl.handle.net/10292/21175Forming teams, developing relationships, and building trust can be challenging when dealing with increasingly socially anxious, disconnected, and diverse student cohorts. We describe an icebreaker that, through low-risk classroom interactions, allows students to socially identify with an in-group and compete with out-groups in a classroom environment. The activities provide abundant opportunities to relate in-class experiences to Social Identity Theory and other relevant management and OB theories.© The Author(s) 2026. Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0) This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational BehaviourBehavioral and Social ScienceSocial Determinants of Healthsocial identity theoryicebreakerexperiential learningmediaorganizational socializationJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1177/23792981261429910