Metaphors are comparisons that show how thing things that are not alike in most ways are actually similar in important ways. At first sight, our team building events may seem a million miles away from the challenges faced daily in business. However, this is not the case. We use metaphors in the activities that we [Continue Reading]

The client is always right. This, as we all know, is the sacrosanct code that everyone in the corporate industry lives by. We all double over backwards to make a team building day, conference or dinner event, work perfectly, just as the client wants. I believe this is what separates the great from the good. [Continue Reading]

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 delivered to, in a single corporate team [Continue Reading]

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 company moments. I always try, subtly, to get over to the most [Continue Reading]

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 this happens and of course so does the group itself. Seeing another side [Continue Reading]

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 things and people in different ways. In my early 20s, I went travelling for [Continue Reading]