Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations. All 70 activities are crafted using arts-based principles that offer new insights and skills development in creativity, communication, teamwork, and collaborative leadership. Painting, poetry, storytelling, music, and improvisational theater offer innovative and transformative learning experiences. You can use them as quick icebreakers or brainjuicers at meetings or training sessions, and as a means of mediating dialogue to stimulate employee engagement. You do NOT have to be an artist to use this book's offerings.

Ideal for teaching leadership, team building, or communications this exercise asks participants to develop a design for a new product that can be take to market by attracting investor support. There is one catch, though, participants must use TinkerToys® to build the prototype. Contributed by Alex Wray and Linda Naiman Objectives: To exercise creativity and innovation in the design of a new product prototype To manage design implementation and production To increase awareness of the importance of participation in decision making Group Size: 2 or more teams of 5 Time Required: Module One: Design (1 hour) Module Two: Implementation (2 hours) Important Information to Review Before Making This Download Purchase Before purchasing a Pfeiffer Download, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® Software. If you do not already have it installed on your computer, you may download this free software from the Adobe Web site at Adobe.com. All Pfeiffer Downloads that you purchase from this site will come with specific restrictions that allow Pfeiffer to protect the copyrights of its products. Just before completing your purchase, you will be prompted to accept our License Agreement. If you do not accept the parameters of this agreement, your credit card will not be charged and your order will be cancelled.

Customer experiences are increasingly complicated—with multiple channels, touchpoints, contexts, and moving parts—all delivered by fragmented organizations. How can you bring your ideas to life in the face of such complexity? Orchestrating Experiences is a practical guide for designers and everyone struggling to create products and services in complex environments.

This short warm-up or icebreaker is sure to get the creative juices flowing while exploring the power of collaboration and cooperation. Participants use their creative writing skills to create a ?group? story. Objectives: To increase the ability to generate quantities of ideas To practice building on ideas of other team members To appreciate the value of free association in small groups To create a fun atmosphere within a group To brainstorm ways to improve group collaboration Group Size: 2 or more groups of 4 to 7 people each Time Required: 10-15 minutes Important Information to Review Before Making This Download Purchase Before purchasing a Pfeiffer Download, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® Software. If you do not already have it installed on your computer, you may download this free software from the Adobe Web site at Adobe.com. All Pfeiffer Downloads that you purchase from this site will come with specific restrictions that allow Pfeiffer to protect the copyrights of its products. Just before completing your purchase, you will be prompted to accept our License Agreement. If you do not accept the parameters of this agreement, your credit card will not be charged and your order will be cancelled.

A perfect group warm-up or team building activity, this exercise teaches the four-step ?TILS? process (Think-it, Ink-it, Link-it, and Synch-it) and emphasizes the value of working as a team versus working alone. Contributed by Conni Gordon. Objectives: Enhance creative thinking abilities Increase team self-esteem and confidence Demonstrate the importance of teamwork Group Size: 2 or more groups of 3 to 7 people each Time Required: 60 to 90 minutes Important Information to Review Before Making This Download Purchase Before purchasing a Pfeiffer Download, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® Software. If you do not already have it installed on your computer, you may download this free software from the Adobe Web site at Adobe.com. All Pfeiffer Downloads that you purchase from this site will come with specific restrictions that allow Pfeiffer to protect the copyrights of its products. Just before completing your purchase, you will be prompted to accept our License Agreement. If you do not accept the parameters of this agreement, your credit card will not be charged and your order will be cancelled.

The authors present a dynamic approach to effectively link sales and marketing planning directly to the operations side of a business. Demonstrates how to create a connection between a company's business plan and each department's operations, accurately anticipate changes in customer's needs and significantly improve a firm's competitive position with an enhanced level of customer satisfaction.