Perspective and Play: Tools for Innovative Teams

Description

Perspective and Play is an interactive workshop that uses accessible art-making and structured play to strengthen collaboration, communication, and creative thinking within teams. Through experiential exercises, participants explore how perspective, responsiveness, and flexibility shape collective outcomes.

The session begins with a collaborative drawing practice in which participants build on one another’s marks in real time. This exercise cultivates active listening, adaptability, and the ability to contribute without over-controlling — reinforcing how shared creativity emerges through responsiveness.

In a paired clay activity, participants engage in a communication exercise that limits traditional verbal and visual cues. This structured constraint highlights how assumptions form, how trust develops, and how clarity can emerge through curiosity rather than certainty.

The workshop concludes with a group-based object sorting challenge that examines how individuals categorize information differently. By surfacing diverse thinking styles, the activity encourages cognitive flexibility, reduces rigidity, and demonstrates how multiple perspectives strengthen problem-solving.

Through guided reflection, participants translate these insights into practical applications for workplace collaboration, innovation, and team cohesion.

Benefits

• Strengthens collaboration and shared problem-solving
• Enhances adaptability and responsiveness within teams
• Builds trust through experiential communication exercises
• Expands perspective-taking and cognitive flexibility
• Encourages innovation through structured play
• Improves team cohesion and collective creativity