When collaboration starts to feel difficult.

When you sense it could be better.

Stick figures try to solve a puzzle using mismatched pieces, one thinking aloud: “What puzzle are we actually solving?”

Many teams notice that working together takes more and more effort.

Meetings pile up, coordination drains energy,
and even with the best intentions, things begin to feel strained.

Not because people aren’t willing,
but because no one can quite see what makes the collaboration so heavy.

How It Works

This is not a training or a lecture. It’s a shared journey.

We begin with a collaborative activity, often a Serious Game, that requires the team to work together toward a shared goal. As the group navigates the challenge, natural behaviors emerge: who leads, who hesitates, who adapts, who resists.

The activity may involve time pressure, complex decisions, or conflicting priorities, whatever reveals real dynamics.

At key moments, we pause to reflect together:

  • What just happened?

  • What helped? What got in the way?

  • What might we try differently?

Then we go back in, applying a new strategy, testing it, and seeing what changes.

The result is a loop of awareness, experimentation, and shared growth. No abstract theories. Just your team, working with itself.

New ideas to try out

Many teams keep returning to the same explanations: we need to communicate better, we should make clearer agreements.

Generative AI helps teams move beyond those familiar conclusions. It generates unexpected proposals, alternative roles, different forms of collaboration, or possible sources of friction.

By loosening fixed explanations, Generative AI opens up new perspectives: other ways of aligning, deciding, responding, or organizing.
These suggestions are immediately tested in the game and explored further through reflection.

This isn’t ‘fun teambuilding’. And it’s not a static assessment either.

It’s a living process where your team:

  • Chooses what to focus on

  • Designs its own strategy for change

  • Tests that strategy in real time

  • Learns through doing, not just talking

It’s serious, but playful.

Structured, but open.

Deep, without pressure.

Why This Is Different

The session structure stays the same, but the focus can shift depending on your context:

  • Communication dynamics (tone, clarity, timing, silence)

  • Trust and vulnerability (psychological safety, withholding, speaking up)

  • Decision-making (fast vs. slow, top-down vs. group-led)

  • Role negotiation (initiative, contribution, invisible work)

  • Handling tension (conflict styles, avoidance, resolution)

Sometimes, multiple of these unfold together. That’s part of the richness.

What It Can Focus On

Ideal For

  • Teams that want to reflect and grow, but without over-structuring

  • Groups in transition: new members, shifting roles, new leadership

  • Teams who’ve done trainings before, but want something real and immediate

  • Leaders who want to step back and observe the system they’re part of

What You Leave With

  • A shared experience that reveals what’s really going on

  • Language and insight grounded in your team’s own words

  • A plan, not handed to you, but created by you

  • A felt sense of trust, awareness, and possibility

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