Team Building for Corporations and Organizations
What are the team building benefits of a Wall Together Now Paint by Number Mural Project?
Studies show that two of the traits managers of innovative companies want most to encourage
are creative thinking and creative collaboration.
Many traditional team building activities polarize more than they unify by emphasizing competition, leadership, and physical skills.
But inside innovative corporations working at today's lightning speed, individual and collaborative creative thinking are crucial.
Unfortunately, competitive peer pressure and organizational structures often stifle real creativity, discouraging team members from contributing. Often they fear joining in or being "wrong"; are stuck in linear thinking; or simply have few opportunities to shift into creative mode, freeing their own unique perspective.
Working behind walls and inside cubicles, focusing on their own assignments and programs, workers at all levels are isolated from one another. We have met people who have worked on the same floor of a building for years and never interacted.
But inside innovative corporations working at today's lightning speed, individual and collaborative creative thinking are crucial.
Unfortunately, competitive peer pressure and organizational structures often stifle real creativity, discouraging team members from contributing. Often they fear joining in or being "wrong"; are stuck in linear thinking; or simply have few opportunities to shift into creative mode, freeing their own unique perspective.
Working behind walls and inside cubicles, focusing on their own assignments and programs, workers at all levels are isolated from one another. We have met people who have worked on the same floor of a building for years and never interacted.
What talents are not being shared? What ideas are not being exposed to light?
What conversations are not being had?
What conversations are not being had?
A Wall Together Now mural brings people out of their boxes, both literally and figuratively, to participate in something completely different from what they do routinely.
Collaboration begins even before the whole team comes together on Paint Day. In the initial planning stages, informal brainstorming sessions can be great fun, as team members are encouraged to toss out ideas for meaningful -- or whimsical -- mural elements. Craig's incorporating these ideas into the mural personalizes the process and the finished installation.
When the mural is painted inside the workplace, the preparation attracts attention. Team-building starts naturally as people stop by to watch, comment, and share a few minutes of conversation.
A Paint by Number project introduces curiosity, art, and yes, the inner child into the work environment, breaking barriers and shattering rigid thinking.
Our style of team building stimulates often neglected right brain functions, which include quick thinking, intuition, imagination, and visualizing the big picture. No company or organization in today's world can flourish without the agility that springs from these creative faculties.
Collaboration begins even before the whole team comes together on Paint Day. In the initial planning stages, informal brainstorming sessions can be great fun, as team members are encouraged to toss out ideas for meaningful -- or whimsical -- mural elements. Craig's incorporating these ideas into the mural personalizes the process and the finished installation.
When the mural is painted inside the workplace, the preparation attracts attention. Team-building starts naturally as people stop by to watch, comment, and share a few minutes of conversation.
A Paint by Number project introduces curiosity, art, and yes, the inner child into the work environment, breaking barriers and shattering rigid thinking.
Our style of team building stimulates often neglected right brain functions, which include quick thinking, intuition, imagination, and visualizing the big picture. No company or organization in today's world can flourish without the agility that springs from these creative faculties.
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A Paint by Number project is a morale booster.
Paint Day gives people from different departments and specialties an opportunity to meet and spend time together in a non-stressful and enjoyable activity, to bond in ways for which they seldom have the time or opportunity. Working as individuals, they are collaborating to create a real big picture which will not disappear at the end of the day. We've seen it happen: the pride and camaraderie endure. And, of course, a Wall Together Now Paint by Number mural is a great conversation piece, a beautiful work of art, and yours to keep. |
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The completed Wall Together Now Paint by Number Mural in the main reception area of Asynchrony, St. Louis, Missouri
Read on to learn about using Wall Together Now Paint by Number Murals as Community & Philanthropic Projects
