Icebreakers & Energisers

Balloon Chaos An activity that focuses on the one team ethos. Four teams of blowers, batters and stuffers are challenged to move as many of their team balloons from one side of the room to another. Chaos ensues as teams sabotage each others efforts, but is this really the route to success?

Body Percussion Not a drum in sight, as the human body provides all the percussion we need to create a highly engaging, upbeat and energetic musical session.

Brand Essence If your brand was a taste - what would it be? If it was a smell, how would you describe it? Could you give your brand a sound or elicit how it would feel? Get closer to your brand and what it represents in this interactive workshop to discover your very own 'brand essence'.

Catwalk Teams take the role of fashion designers with a brief to create the freshest look for the season that reflects key corporate messages or event theme. Armed only with basic materials and their collective creativity, the challenge is to prepare one team member for the catwalk, complete with commentary.

Counting Japanese Itchy, Knee, Sun, She is 1-4 in Japanese. Create energy with this simple activity which harnesses Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques to allow people to count to ten in Japanese in five minutes.

Crossways Knowledge is a resource that needs to be shared. Handcuffed to your partner by pieces of string, the task is to free yourselves. This activity highlights problem solving, innovation and finally knowledge sharing.

Diminishing Resources An energetic ice breaker where quick thinking, creativity and team co-operation are a necessity. An exercise in lateral thinking and flexibility, what decisions will the teams make as their available resources rapidly diminish?

Dingbats A range of cryptic pictures denoting familiar catchphrases have to be deciphered by the team. Against the pressure of the clock, it demands quick lateral thinking.

Drum Workshop A musical energiser that harnesses the power of African drumming and the effectiveness of group work. This fun and unusual communications medium requires no musical ability, but inspires with a spine tingling finale.

Dumping Baggage A huge symbolic gesture of leaving your baggage at the door is turned into a wonderful surprise as your bags are whisked away, taken to your room and adorned with ribbons and a personal message from the MD.

Feng Shui Workshop This 3000 year old art is based on the belief that powerful energy lines can be focused to enhance your happiness, health, relationships and prosperity. In this interesting workshop, learn how you can simply and inexpensively enhance your space to boost energy, improve relationships and further your career prospects.

Gorillas in the Mist Concentrating on your task too hard to see the bigger picture? 90% of people will fail to spot a 200lb gorilla walking through a busy basketball game.

Human Bingo Discover details, both personal and professional, about colleagues in a frenzy of information gathering. A perfect way to open up conversation and offer a brief glimpse of the person behind the name badge!

Human Knot 15 people tied up with their own connections and all pulling in different directions. Only communication, co-ordination, flexibility and trust will get you out of this horrible tangle. Sound familiar?

Human Machine Without any props or materials, teams have only their own bodies to construct a series of objects from a Lynx Helicopter to the Eiffel Tower.

Microbot Wars Focusing on your own task, ignoring others or being aware of the whole arena are crucial differentiators in this miniature robot war.

Nine Fruits This 15 minute exercise demonstrates that in order to maximise potential within a team there is more involved than just speeding up. Communication, tolerance, support and coaching all play a part in succeeding in this exercise.

Origami Challenge Regarded as a creative and sophisticated art form, discover why origami deserves its present status as an intellectual pursuit and a highly creative and fashionable exercise. After this session you will never look at a piece of paper in quite the same way again!

Self Defence Workshop Learn an invaluable new skill and get to throw your colleagues to the floor in the process! Perfect as an icebreaker or breakout stress buster, a self defence workshop is an excellent way of building confidence in your staff and lifting morale within the place of work.

Speed Networking Get to know your colleagues, their backgrounds, ambitions and how they may be able to help you - all within a few minutes. The secret is to prepare questions well to maximise each 'brief encounter'!

The Great Balloon Debate What happens when a group of significant characters from world history are put together in a rapidly falling hot air balloon? Which character is it in your best interests to save and why? A facilitated debate that takes a different approach to highlighting company values and ethos.

Video Ice Breakers Engage your audience and encourage communication using pre-recorded video footage. Can be used either as a stand alone ice breaker or to incorporate a specific element of a presentation.

Warp Speed Innovation within a team environment. A 15 minute exercise that is all about moving a ball around the group as quickly as possible. The group will move through conventional thinking to unconventional solutions in order to improve their time.

Weapons of Sound A variety of everyday and unusual instruments are combined to create a totally unique orchestra. The group is lead by our experts in making music from items such as pipes, oil drums and shopping trolleys.

Zulu Gumboot Energiser The whole group don their gumboots and stomps their way through a traditional African dance. A fantastic way to energise an audience and a great leveller for all involved!