Creative Team Building: Revitalise your teams to get the best out of them
Appearing in the early 1980s across the Atlantic, the concept of Team building had become an essential element today to encourage a optimal functioning work teams within a company. This practice aims to strengthen social bonds between partners in the same company through collective activities, it also offers a whole range of undeniable advantages in order to to boost cohesion, productivity, coordination as well as a spirit of initiative.
But why would engaging in an unusual activity with colleagues be beneficial for company life? And in the case of creative team building, how would developing a shared artistic sensibility within the professional environment be an asset? We'll answer these questions and explain everything so that you too can become a guru on the subject of creative team building!
The virtues of creative team building
Whereas the corporate events market has traditionally highlighted team-building activities in the sports, culinary, wellness, or digital sectors, The artistic production house Street Designers wished to innovate and has thus distinguished itself and established itself as the leader in artistic events for the past decade. Indeed, in order to broaden its offering and under the guise of several professional skills optimisation objectives in the background, it was the first in France to develop Creative team building animations focused on art and Street art.
The uniqueness of this most innovative recipe lies in its workshops, which are as entertaining as they are federators, as much Playful What teaching methods, which are not managed by facilitators in the manner of usual offers, but are conceived, supervised and directed by a team of’Professional graffiti artists recognised in the world of Street art as well as in the field of’Art.
These events, often organised as part of corporate seminars, offer numerous underlying benefits that subsequently yield tangible results in enhancing individual and collective work capabilities in the professional environment. It is now proven that this type of occasional entertainment within the organisation of work resolutely drives improvements in internal communication, as well as strengthen group cohesion, to intensify motivation, to resolve discord, but also to integrate new members into a team, develop trusting relationships, as well as to Discover the qualities and personality of colleagues.
Furthermore, through artistic activities, it is mainly the right hemisphere of the brain that is stimulated. Engine of global intelligence, intuition and artistic sense, it processes each new piece of information and unusual situation, while the left hemisphere is regularly called upon for logical and analytical operations.
Creative activities that encourage dynamism
Thanks to these many advantages, introducing artistic practice during creative team-building events also reveals a lot about an individual's personality and allows them to become aware of their potential, both individually and as part of a group.
During the workshops proposed by The creative agency for team building and artistic event entertainment In Street Designers, participants are encouraged to be enterprising through various initiatives, spurred on to be productive, and guided towards fostering a collective spirit of competition centred on a shared goal: the creation of an artistic work.
In order to offer an experience that is as optimal as it is both recreational and educational, team building events Street designers offer a range of workshops focused on artistic creation, which are as enriching on a personal level as they are for the group, organised around introductory sessions on graffiti, Pop Art, upcycling art, DIY table football, plant-based graffiti, collaborative murals and StreetFont.
Experience has already shown that following these moments of artistic stimulation, employees always came away feeling fulfilled, proud of their achievements, and decidedly more dynamic as they were continually led to be active and make decisions within their group, all while remaining focused on their objective.
A remedy for stress that fosters innovation
By escaping their daily gloom through outdoor activities, the stress, anxiety, and pressure associated with the professional environment, urban surroundings, or routine situations dissipate, and hierarchical relationships fade for a day during which links between colleagues become closer than ever. Nothing better than a Team building Creative To foster a better-coordinated team that, upon returning to work, will benefit from improved internal communication, greater clarity, and an ability to divide tasks based on each individual's strengths, discovered in the heat of the moment during these workshops.
Furthermore, the link between creation and innovation is by no means trivial, as the two terms are as inseparable as they are complementary. It is by stimulating inspiration and striving to achieve something that appears extraordinary that we invent the processes of tomorrow.
This is why the agency's artistic activities Street designers have been developed based on three fundamental elements: exchange, creativity and collaboration. It is with the imagination used for artistic realisation that teams will subsequently be able to channel their spirit in order to invent original and innovative projects. It is therefore an activity that is as enriching for the personal well-being of employees as it is for boosting the company's professional projects.
Following participation in creative team-building events, it's observed that employees always feel re-energised and capable of delivering resolutely higher quality work.
The 5 creative team-building activities in 2021
As the year 2020 surprised businesses worldwide due to successive lockdowns that paralysed commercial sectors and thus favoured the development of remote working in companies, despite its share of disruptions, 2021 saw the situation ease in terms of health and safety constraints. A large proportion of employees were finally able to return to their offices or open-plan workspaces, albeit under often stringent conditions due to the implemented protocol (distancing, face masks, etc.). This near return to normality was, however, often fuelled by a certain unease caused by the exceptional situation, and the desire to improve employees' working conditions became explicitly apparent.
To get off to a good start and bring together new working groups, many companies have chosen to integrate the experience of Team building within their programme. Especially since they don't require any prior artistic skills, just the desire to discover a modern illustration practice through fun, playful, and instructive workshops. As the new school year begins, StreetDesigners has selected the 5 creative team-building activities that have proved most successful in the workplace this year.
Team Building Graffiti
Ideal for developing creativity and communication, this workshop, as addictive as it is convivial, includes an introduction to the basics of Street art Using spray cans, delivered by a professional graffiti artist who is recognised by their peers within this artistic scene. The practical application of the concepts instilled is then practised on a training surface made available in order to assimilate the learned techniques such as gradients, creating relief and producing a fine line, but also with the aim of allowing participants to develop their imagination and give free rein to their personal touch in order to uncover everyone's hidden talents.
This is followed by «battles» style challenges in a relaxed and jovial atmosphere. To conclude this introductory day, employees are asked to tackle the Realisation of a collective work. Its aim is Represent company values and can then be proudly displayed on your premises. Materials such as smocks, gloves, spray cans and easels are provided for complete immersion in the world of Street art.
2. Team Building Pop Art
Born in the 1950s before becoming a cultural icon of the following decade, the phenomenon Pop Art It's still all the rage today because of its colourful retro feel and its disruptive approach. This artistic movement, which glorifies everyday objects by diverting products from mass consumer society to transform them into works of art, while also questioning the sanctity and uniqueness of its concept, revolutionised Western artistic practice in the Swinging Sixties.
Among the most popular artists of this movement, we find names well-known to the general public, such as’Andy Warhol, guru of New York's Factory, and his screen prints of celebrity photos in garish hues, as well as of consumer products such as the now legendary Campbell's tomato soup, or Keith Haring and its colourful characters set against backdrops as primary as they are flashy.
As part of this team building which combines General knowledge and artistic practice, it is on the model of the works of the latter that these workshops were conceived. performing arts coach Street Designers are here to introduce participants to this artistic movement and raise their awareness of it, so that they themselves can become Pop Art artists for a day through their allegorical imitations. To this end, they are first asked to to collectively consider the values advocated by their company since they will then have to prove creative, illustrating them symbolically in the style of Keith Haring. This will result in authentic pictorial compositions that would fool the sharpest eye, but above all, where the intrinsic message will represent the company's credo.
3. Team Building Recycl’Art
This original creative workshop combines the Street art with a central theme in the environmental and ecological policies of our time: the Recycling.Participants will be encouraged to develop their creativity using upcycled materials diverted from their original purpose and collected by our teams beforehand, such as: buttons, cardboard, paper, leather, screws, wood, metals, or any other element useful for creating a work of art that is as unique as it is’eco-friendly.
For this artistic animation that raises awareness of recycling and combats waste, «zero waste» are the watchwords as it is primarily about creating stylish new items from old recycled objects. An indoor or outdoor activity, fun and educational, which develops group cohesion during an essential team building for Companies committed to the defence of strong ecological values.
4. Team Building Baby Foot DIY
Make your own Baby foot corporate with this fun and unique team building event. During this workshop, which requires close collaboration for task coordination, participants will be led to Handcraft a cardboard table football game, customised and personalised as desired, which will then become a unique object with strong symbolism, for the common room or break room of your company premises.
The procedure is as follows: employees will first need to familiarise themselves with the assembly plans and the artists' brief Street Designers, before launching freely into fun hands-on construction while dividing the necessary tasks at hand DIY fabrication DIY, handmade.
There's no need to worry if DIY isn't usually your strong suit, as street artists will be on hand to assist and advise the team with the folding, assembly, and decoration of this extraordinary game table. Once the table football is finished, colleagues who worked on this collective construction will be immensely proud to compete in fierce matches, allowing them to clear their heads for a few minutes.
5. Team Building Collaborative Fresco
What's better for strengthening cohesion and mutual support within a team than getting them to paint hand in hand a collaborative street art mural Who will reflect the company's values?
For this meticulous yet accessible team building, it's a giant fresco something along the lines of what you might find on the façades of buildings in the trendiest neighbourhoods of major cities – this is what the participants will be asked to design. However, there is no need to worry about any damage to your premises, as this original and unifying project involves canvases stuck together, which will be hung as a single, uniform piece. Supervised by the street artists from Street Designers, the budding artists will be divided into teams, each tasked with designing two canvases that will form part of the final artwork.
So that the assembly is as coherent as possible, teams will not be able to bypass essential communication to ensure the final creation is uniform. Cooperation is therefore an indispensable skill during this workshop, which, however, does not in any way stifle the personal touch that each person would like to bring, as initiative is also an essential element of this common goal. Once the work is completed, it will proudly adorn one of your walls to convey the message you have chosen to symbolise.
The advantages of team building offered by the leader in artistic events
team-building workshops rolled out by the creative events agency Street Designers have borne fruit for about ten years now with many companies who have appealed to our professional street artists to guide their associates during fun and culturally enriching activities. For some, this is not the first time we have collaborated on a project that contributes to the well-being and professional development of employees.
Satisfied at having seen the conclusive results of a one-off artistic practice on their collaborators, the latter proved that this unusual setting allowed them to develop their personal skills and of Unleash their potential within the professional environment. Their stress, anxiety, and pressure are subsequently considerably reduced as they disengage from their routine to focus on an atypical, fun objective for the duration of a workshop. Furthermore, these creative activities are always centred on the values championed by the company through symbolic, ecological, and modern artistic achievements.
It is by participating in a creative team-building exercise that colleagues within the same organisation will be encouraged to step outside their comfort zones in order to assert themselves in an unfamiliar environment in which they were previously inexperienced. Thus, their personal skills, motivation, and team spirit will be reaffirmed around an exceptional collective artistic project.
The variety of offers presented amongst the workshops the creative events agency Street Designers allows for renewing the experience with new partners or continuing to work on amplifying skills and intellectual stimulation which need to be regularly challenged in order to reveal one's best self.
It's also the best way to give employees a break, during which they can have fun outdoors, socialise and share the memory of a convivial, unforgettable day where they'll have transformed into artists for a few hours.
If you also want to have items personalised by artists for a marketing campaign or an event evening, build a DIY table football, introduce your teams to graffiti, Pop Art, plant graffiti or Recycl'Art during a corporate seminar, or get a mural that reflects your values, there is only one thing to do. Book your appointment directly with our team here: https://www.streetdesigners.fr/contact or by phone: Ludovic 0650854574
www.streetdesigners.fr/ Creative team-building and artistic event entertainment agency!
@editorial team: Michel-Angelo Fadida
