Workshops That Actually Shift How Teams Work

All rooted in science, shaped by play, & delivered with deep respect for how adults learn, work, & grow.

To determine which workshop is right for your team (or co-create a bespoke option!)

Permission to Play: Motivation, Resilience, and the Science of Joyful Work

Description:
Let’s be real—burnout isn’t solved with beanbags or forced fun. This session breaks down what play really means (hint: it’s not games) and why it’s essential for adult learning, motivation, and adaptive performance. We’ll look at the nine characteristics of play, explore its neurological impact, and invite participants to discover what playful work can look like for them.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Define play through a science-based lens, beyond recreation

  • Recognize how intrinsic motivation is built through play

  • Identify personal and organizational barriers to play

  • Learn to reframe tasks and challenges through playfulness to boost resilience and well-being

The Failure Advantage: Turning Mistakes Into Momentum

Description:
Failure sucks. But it also sparks. In this workshop, we’ll reframe how teams and leaders approach failure—not as shame or setback, but as an essential ingredient for growth, creativity, and learning. Through story, science, and strategy, we’ll explore what really happens in the brain during failure, and how to build cultures where people feel safe enough to take risks that lead to real breakthroughs.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Reframe failure as a learning tool rather than a performance flaw

  • Understand the connection between psychological safety and innovation

  • Build individual and team-level strategies for debriefing and moving forward after setbacks

  • Practice tools that support resilience and experimentation

The Power of Flow: Cultivating Peak Performance and Presence

Description:
Flow isn't woo-woo—it’s brain science. This workshop explores the four-phase flow cycle (Struggle, Release, Flow, Recovery) and teaches teams how to actually access that elusive state where productivity, creativity, and satisfaction skyrocket. We’ll mix neuroscience with real-life application so participants leave knowing how to shift out of burnout and into momentum.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the four stages of the flow cycle and their neurological impact

  • Apply techniques to reduce friction and increase focus

  • Understand individual flow triggers and barriers

  • Practice small, playful habits that lead to sustained flow and motivation

The Playful Team: Leveraging Personal Play Identities for Collaboration and Energy

Description:
No more one-size-fits-all team-building. This workshop introduces participants to the four Personal Play Identities (Relational, Lighthearted, Intellectual, Whimsical) and how they shape communication, motivation, and collaboration. Teams learn to recognize and celebrate different styles of play, leading to deeper trust, better dynamics, and more energized interactions.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify your own Personal Play Identity and how it shows up at work

  • Understand your teammates’ identities and how to better support them

  • Explore play as a social-emotional intelligence tool

  • Build a team agreement around energizers, communication styles, and play preferences

FlowPrint: Making the Invisible Visible at Work

Description:
This facilitated session turns the FlowPrint workbook into a living team tool. Not a personality test, not a performance review—FlowPrint is a playful, respectful way to explore how each person works best. Through guided reflection and intentional conversation, teams discover their individual rhythms, feedback styles, reset strategies, and quirks that help (or hurt) collaboration. It’s how we turn assumptions into understanding, and tension into trust.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Complete a personalized FlowPrint that captures workstyle, energy rhythms, and reset needs

  • Share and swap FlowPrints to build mutual understanding across the team

  • Identify team-level patterns that impact communication and collaboration

  • Develop working agreements based on shared needs, not just roles

Culture to Community: Designing Environments Where People Actually Want to Work

Description:
Culture is not pizza on Fridays—it’s how people treat each other on the hardest day of the week. This workshop guides leaders and teams through the IGN!TE pillars (Inclusive Culture, Flexible Environment, Mission-Driven Work, Psychologically Safe Teams), showing how play acts as the lightning bolt that activates each. We’ll bridge the gap between values and lived experience to move from performative culture to authentic community.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Diagnose current culture gaps using the IGN!TE framework

  • Learn actionable practices for each cultural pillar

  • Understand how play builds trust, flexibility, and purpose in teams

  • Develop a culture experiment to prototype a small, meaningful shift