Shubidubi Welcome
welcome and team integration
Shubidubi Welcome is a short-form printed-sheet session for a cold room. Each person gets a sheet of printed tasks and chooses freely what to do and with whom. No briefing, no technology, no scoring. How it runs: The…
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Description
Shubidubi Welcome is a short-form printed-sheet session for a cold room. Each person gets a sheet of printed tasks and chooses freely what to do and with whom. No briefing, no technology, no scoring.
How it runs:
- The facilitator hands out the sheets and sets the room going within the first minutes.
- Participants pick tasks and start working alone or together straight away.
- Each task leaves a visible action or a physical artefact on the tables.
- The facilitator photographs what the room makes.
Built as an opener: a room of strangers is collaborating before the main agenda starts. Materials supplied; needs a room with tables.
Benefits
The benefits:
- Replaces the standard icebreaker with a designed format from an art practice
- Cross-table mixing from the first minutes
- Gets a cold room active before the main agenda starts
- No prep, no reading-in, no technology
- A photographed record to keep
- Works for mixed-language and international groups
Additional Experience Info
Flat per session, up to 40 participants, all materials included. Travel and accommodation billed on top for sessions outside London.
Hosted by Alejandro Ramos Saavedra
About the Host
Alejandro Ramos Saavedra is a London based designer, educator and founder. He trained at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, is a Senior Lecturer at Kingston School of Art and University of the Arts, co-founded the design consultancy Forma Partners and ARS Consulting Studio, and sits on the board of different cultural institutions in Mexico. He makes systems and formats that change how people do and make things.
He is the author of Shubidubi, a session format built from printed sheets of tasks: each participant chooses freely what to do and with whom, with no briefing, no technology and no evaluation. Strangers end up working together, and everything the group makes is photographed as a record the client keeps. He runs sessions for teams and public groups in English and Spanish, shaped to the room's brief.
Travel Locations
UK-wide (home base)
Spain: Madrid, Barcelona (language match)
Europe: anywhere within about a 4.5-hour travel time from London, by arrangement.
UAE: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, by arrangement
Travel and accommodation at cost.
Certifications & Credentials
MA/MSc Global innovation Design - Royal College of Art / Imperial College London
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
BA Architecture - UIA
Senior Lecturer - Kingston School of Art
Associate Lecturer - University of the Arts
President of the board - Fundación Ajaraca -
Focus Areas
Creative/Culture
Location
Languages
English, Spanish
Corporate Experience
Moderate
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Client Requirements
A room with tables and chairs, space to stand and move, no technology needed. All session materials supplied.
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