A team away day with eight ateliers in London

The brief

The practice managing partner wants a day that brings 120 people together after a year spent at clients’ offices: something they would never organise themselves, with a real point beyond the fun. The practice operations manager needs one partner, one venue and one running order that works for analysts and partners alike.

The format and the experts

The day opens with a speaker’s provocation on how the best teams think together. Then every consultant chooses three of eight ateliers, each led by a host who works at the top of their craft:

• Making: perfume, ceramics, culinary and portrait drawing, where people create something with their hands.
• Speaking: improv and storytelling, which sharpen how consultants listen, respond and present.
• Slowing down: sound and calligraphy, which change the pace and reward focus.

The day closes in plenary, with each table sharing one thing it will take back to clients.

The setting

A heritage venue in central London with a main hall for the opening and the close, and eight rooms for the ateliers, each set for fifteen. Our curators handle the venue, the timings and the materials, so the team simply arrives.

The outcome

A practice that spends most of the year at clients’ offices spends one day making, speaking and slowing down together, and every table leaves with one idea it takes back to clients.

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