We get asked all the time, "What is the average size of group that you work with?" That's hard to answer, as it changes day-to-day. Last week, we had a group of 600 participants and the other day it was a group of 10. The largest group we have … [Continue reading]
The Role of Leaders and Senior Managers Within Corporate Team Activities
Leaders, senior managers and Managing Directors have a crucial influence on the behaviour of their teams when it comes to conferences, meetings or team building events. Over the years, we have seen the very best and the not so very best at these key … [Continue reading]
Drumming Event from the Vault #1: Malaysia
In this post, I wanted to document an interesting corporate event we have delivered in the past. This is not done to show off exotic locations or large delegate numbers, but because it was something that left us with fantastic teambuilding moments … [Continue reading]
Urban Team Building Goes Country
Our Urban Jam consist of a number of themed zones, where stunned clients are asked to sample Human Beatbox and Rap, Graffiti, Junk Percussion and Street Moves. Urban Jam is a co-creation with our very good friends Mind Adrenaline, another great … [Continue reading]
Drumming in Leadership Training
By taking our team building drumming sessions to a much deeper level, we have devised many formats and exercises that perfectly complement training and development sessions. In a training context, our number one objective is to be relevant to the … [Continue reading]
Way Beyond Executive Team Building
Often, we are asked to merge one of our creative activities with another event, for use within a senior management environment. This might be an executive team building course, a communication programme, or a change management seminar. By doing so, … [Continue reading]
Drumming to Reduce Stress on ITV
After just finishing a teambuilding activity at Celtic Manor on a windy hillside in Wales last week, an unexpected phone call led me to the ITV television studios in London the next day. I was invited to demonstrate the use of drumming workshops as … [Continue reading]
Drumming for the Whole Family
Drum circles have been around in earnest in the UK for around 15 years. Their growing popularity has brought them, and drumming workshops in general, to the attention of teambuilding companies for corporate event planning. Drum circle participants … [Continue reading]
Practise Stepping Out in a Fun Teambuilding Event
Music and rhythm can do strange and wonderful things to the brain. Sometimes we observe that a more reserved team member, who normally takes a back seat within a group, finds a voice, a skill, or another way to surprise everyone. We love it when … [Continue reading]
Learning to Listen Differently
Listening is a vital component to successful teamwork. We should learn to listen better, and to listen in different ways. In this post, I talk about how we encourage different types of listening in our drumming workshops. It’s possible to listen to … [Continue reading]