The Band

Participants start out standing in a small circle with a large, flat ring of elastic running around the outside, loose at their backs. As they step back, the circle expands, and the fabric stretches until it becomes taught. This allows people to lean back with their entire weight supported.

Trust grows naturally as the group quickly recognizes the interdependency between the parts; if enough people are not moving backwards in sync, the band would lose its tension and someone’s weight would no longer be supported causing him/her to fall. The experience can become dynamic as participants are sent (by instruction or on their own initiative) from one side to another, requiring others to adapt to the changing structure. 

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Team Development

• Use it for coordination, team coherence, respect for others, giving and receiving feedback, finding team balance and enjoying how that feels

Change

Use it for experiencing change as natural and organic, adjusting roles, self-organizing

Energizer

Use it for post-lunch regroup or end-of-day team renewal

Performance Improvement

Use it for shared responsibility for organization performance, distributed leadership

Systems Thinking

Use it for exploring interdependencies of parts within systems, ripple effects of actions, need for the parts to be flexible and adaptive, maintaining balance, shared responsibility for performance

Icebreaker

Use it for establishing trust, developing  a safe environment and learning to connect mind and body