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Innovation

How curiosity, play and (joyful) failure can enhance creativity and lead to breakthroughs

Our Innovation Workshop

Innovation is the change that unlocks new value for teams. Does your team have the necessary tools and mindset to consistently come up with new and original ideas?

Play, Discover, Innovate! The Innovation PLAYshop is the ultimate outside the box workshop! Through its immersive games and content, teams will learn the simple and fun process to generate ideas that have value. Participants will learn the 4 steps to enhance creativity and lead to next-level breakthroughs!

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Workshop Objective: Practicing curiosity, play & (joyful) failure in order to enhance creativity and lead to breakthroughs

For Teams That Are
Reliant on teamwork and creativity to succeed
In fast-moving or competitive industries
Sell aspirational products/services
Feeling a bit stagnant or complacent
Skills Used For
Creating outside-the-box thinking and ideas
Getting clear & concise on important messages or complex ideas
Celebrating failure and see it as a catalyst to success

How We Add FUN to Your Innovation Workshop

Experiential innovation training for teams and leaders.

Innovation is NOT just about brainstorming – it’s about creating a culture of creativity, collaboration, and openness!

Our innovation workshop uses immersive games and activities to teach problem-solving, out-of-the-box thinking, and adaptability. Your team will learn how to develop ideas, navigate challenges, and build a foundation for continuous innovation.

Design thinking plays a vital role in our workshop, guiding participants through a structured process of defining problems, ideating solutions, prototyping, and testing. The ideas generated during the workshop are refined with the aim of creating innovative products, services, processes or delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Through experiential games, positive psychology, and playful exercises, we make innovation FUN, engaging, and effective for all team members!

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How Other Teams Have Added PLAY To Their Workshops!

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Candy Lee
157 days ago
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Amazing experience and appreciate they were able to drive 2h outside the city!! Really amazing 3 hours spent on their PLAYshop with our marketing team. Total transformation!
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Mostafa A
386 days ago
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Incredible facilitator and a must do activity for every team
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Aman Nehra
59 days ago
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We had a great experience with Fundamentals of Play! The staff are friendly, caring, and very welcoming. The environment is fun, safe, and engaging. I really appreciate the positive atmosphere and the variety of activities that encourage to learn, explore, and have fun. Highly recommends
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Yuan Stevens
197 days ago
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Fabulous, interactive, and heartwarming workshop held by Luis, and Phil. Brought our team together, focused on resilience and play. Well-paced, thoughtful, and a perfect amount of structure and flexibility. Would definitely rec to other teams! 🌟
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David S
386 days ago
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Incredible experience Team building made effective by light and simultaneously insightful guidance Well done. Recommended and will do it again!
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Eric Raab
170 days ago
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Luis and his team delivered an elite experience. As with painting, 90% of the job is the prep — and Luis’ preparations were thorough and meticulous. When event day arrived, everything worked flawlessly. My team had tons of fun and absorbed some important lessons along the way. 100% would repeat!
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Leandro Lemos
58 days ago
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Super fun and engage team! They also adapted to our company innovation strategy ! Well done Team!
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Aditya Bhole
338 days ago
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We hired Fundamentals of Play for a workshop on communication. Luis and team were great - all the attendees thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. It was very well-paced, energetic, and fun! Would definitely recommend!
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kstatikatya 1
87 days ago
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It was a really great experience! The whole session was very well organized, engaging, and thoughtfully planned. It was a great opportunity for team building, getting to know each other better, and learning how to work together more effectively. You can really tell that the team is made up of true professionals. Everything felt well structured, positive, and enjoyable😊😊😊 Thank you!
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Lenirose Espiritu
59 days ago
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Loved the session our company leaders had with Phillip, Rachel and Leslie. It was actually a lot of fun and I left the session with a few meaningful nuggets that I am going to implement and add to my leadership toolkit. Thank you!
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Ana Ochoa
87 days ago
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Very inspiring talk and activities. Really set the tone for what should be done for a positive environment (not only at work but in life). Genuinely inspiring and moving, keep it up!!
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Regina Ceceña
87 days ago
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It was a very great and fun team building, amazing environment and the team was very kind.
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Steven Boffa
157 days ago
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Very good experience overall. United our team in ways I was not expecting. Highly recommend !
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Amy Pawluk
532 days ago
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We hired Fundamentals of Play for a team offsite. We’re a fully remote team of 72 with tons of new team members and we wanted an activity that. Let people interact and connect with as many people as possible, while doing some skill building and having fun and wow did they deliver!! The facilitator Philip was awesome at getting everyone engaged and we’re a big rowdy group but he kept us moving focussed when we needed to be and having fun all along. I also loved the way as you were having funny, they also share the research to back up what we were doing and why it’s important. If you’re looking for a team activity that can get everyone engaged and have some fun while learning this is it!
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DHRUVIN PANDYA
87 days ago
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They were really great and they reminded us to it is important to always have fun in little things. All the laughters that I might have not had in the last couple of months, it feels like I had it in these couple of hours!!! Thanks team!!!
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Sandy Robinson
59 days ago
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A fun concept for learning, collaboration, and connecting better as a team, thank you!
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Benjamin Thunderchild
59 days ago
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Thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent with Philip, Leslie and Rainbow. Their energy was infectious and kept our group of 150+ engaged and involved.
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Marcel “Mars” Penton
177 days ago
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They came to our team building session and to be honest the team was skeptical at first. Even the longest hold outs warmed up and by the end we were all laughing and having a great time. Highly recommend!
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Dan Boileau
191 days ago
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Great team building class in storytelling in a fun and interactive way!!
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Xhina Kotobelli
81 days ago
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We booked Fundamentals of Play for a corporate team-building workshop and absolutely loved the experience. The session was engaging and interactive without feeling overwhelming. The concepts were easy to understand, and the games made it fun and approachable to put the learnings into practice. Luis and Rachel did an excellent job facilitating the workshop and creating an environment where everyone felt comfortable participating. I would happily participate in another workshop with them and would highly recommend them to other corporate teams looking for a more unique and memorable team-building experience.
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Rudro C
58 days ago
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With Moneywise.com and Money.ca. The Play team brought a ton of energy + fun and inspired us to be creative in ways that truly created a lot of synergy. It was cool that they were able to customize their workshop based on our conference program and call back to it.
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syed khan
59 days ago
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Team Building, positive experience to be a more positive team leader/manager
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Maura
397 days ago
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Our team had a great and energizing experience with Fundamentals of Play! Their workshops create an environment where play becomes a powerful tool for learning, connection, and growth. The facilitation was outstanding and helped us connect and grow as a team.
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Amy Kim
180 days ago
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We had such a wonderful experience with Fundamentals of Play! They came to our workplace, “Muskoka Retreat Centre” and created such a fun, positive, and encouraging atmosphere for everyone. It was a great opportunity for us to get to know each other better and grow closer as a team. The whole session was filled with laughter, positive energy, encouragement and what I would call a real “happy virus” spreading through the room. Everyone was cheering each other on and leaving with smiles. Through sharing with one another, we even had moments of heartfelt emotion and tears. It made the experience feel even more meaningful and genuine. We truly enjoyed spending this time together. Thank you Luis and Philip for bringing such uplifting energy to our workplace!
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Helen
58 days ago
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It was a pleasure to have you on our final day of the work conference. Your presence provided valuable motivation and inspiration, which I will carry with me. Thank you! ❤️
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Daria Kuzema
87 days ago
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That’s was very funny and interesting. I fill way more energetic and connected with my team. I got a chance to talk with so many people, and forget about any fear!
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Surbhi Arora
59 days ago
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Awesome experience at their session.. the team is super engaging and very excited about what they do and have definitely left a positive impact on us.
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Laura E.K
157 days ago
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Lovely experience with this team! Luis and Rainbow brought incredible energy, learnings, and fun games to our team's retreat.
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Morgan Tait
58 days ago
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Was a complete blast and really kept our team engaged with the activist and team building exercise. If you get the opportunity to book Phillip and his team, you won't be disappointed
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Karim Abdulbaki
365 days ago
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Great story telling session, very fun and engaging while developing our team’s ability to tell stories in a more impactful way!

Innovation Workshop That Builds Strong Teams – Fun AND Impactful!

Team building goes beyond occasional events – it’s about how your team fosters innovation, collaboration, and communication every day! Innovation thrives when team members can share ideas openly, experiment creatively, and problem-solve together.

Through our team building workshops – which we call PLAYshops , your team will experience a unique, engaging workshop that is designed to spark creativity, strengthen, connections, and enhance communication. There’s no better way to refocus and reconnect than through PLAY!
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Innovation Workshop Outline

Intro: FOP Intro, How We’ll Learn, Aha’s Woohoo’s & Huh’s.
Opening Activity: Flying Pig Game/Word Assoc. What Is Innovation/Creativity?
Big Idea: All ideas come from other ideas! So let’s use them more)

STEP 1:
Get Curious
(Find Your Sandbox)

Content: Defining Curiosity, Learning Curiosity: Be Humble, Eyes Open, Big Why? Find Your Sandbox!
Sample Games: Anybody Else? Near/Far, ‘Why’ Game, Askhole, WYD? Mind Meld
Discussion: What am I curious about at work? What are potential topics to solve/uncover? What is your ‘sandbox’?

STEP 2:
Experiment/Play

Content: Reconnect w/ play! Finding vs Thinking Of Ideas. No judging. S.C.A.M.P.E.R (Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other use, Eliminate, Rearrange)
Sample Games: Judging Police, Trifecta, Reinvention, Whoosh, SCAMPER Activity
Discussion: How can you create a ‘sandbox’ environment? Apply one element of SCAMPER to your topic and get feedback

STEP 3:
Fail (Joyfully)

Content: Failing joyfully, 3 Myths of Failure (distortion, perception, FOF). Rethinking failure (no right answer, just new info, revel/play).
Sample Games: Nah, Failure Ovation, 21, Clapparama, Bippity Bop
Discussion: In what ways can you create a culture of ‘joyful failure’ on your teams? E.g. of a likely failed SCAMPER idea & what you might learn?
Playful Finale: Innovation Rapid Fire Presentations & HomePlay
Playful Finale 1*: SLAM! Innovation – a 30+ min guided Experiential Activity to round out the PLAYshop! Teams will be guided through a FUN innovation practice where they build on each others ideas & ’slam’ down new ideas. They will be aided with ThinkPak cards in order to practice S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Lastly they will group ideas into one new innovation & present it through an ‘art’ piece.

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Playful Finale 2*: FAILURE TOY GAME – A 30+ min guided Experiential Activity to round out the PLAYshop! Teams will be guided through several rounds with a ‘Resiliency Toy’, where they learn resiliency, ‘joyful’ failure and adopting a growth mindset.
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* PLAYful Finales only available for PLAYshops longer than 3 hours
** This portion can be applied to a pre-selected problem or to individual topics that have come up throughout the workshop*

Pricing*

2 Hours

from $4,000**


Groups up to 20 People
+$40/additional Person
Opening Activity +
5 – 6 Group Games
1 Shortened Theme

3 Hours

from $5,000**


Groups up to 20 People
+$50/additional Person
Opening Activity +
6 – 8 Group Games
1 Standard Theme
1 PLAYful Finale

4 Hours

from $6,000**


Groups up to 20 People
+$60/additional Person
Opening Activity +
8 – 10 Group Games
1 Robust Theme
1 Robust PLAYful Finale
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*Discounts for large groups (100+), startups, schools, social enterprises, and non-profits. Let’s chat and figure out your needs.
**Customization, travel costs, or location rentals are extra. Reinforcement programs are available at $1000/hr.

Innovation Workshop FAQ

What is an innovation workshop, and how can it benefit my business?

Our Innovation PLAYshop is a fun, interactive session that uses play to help foster creative thinking, meaningful engagement, problem-solving, and idea generation. The workshop involves experiential games & activities where participants work together to explore new solutions, products, or processes.

For businesses, an innovation workshop can be highly beneficial as it encourages team members to think outside the box, leading to fresh ideas that can improve operations, improve customer satisfaction, and even create new revenue streams!

How is an innovation workshop structured, and what can I expect during one?

Our Innovation PLAYshop is structured to spark creativity and fresh ideas through interactive activities and playful exercises. You can expect a mix of hands-on challenges, individual/group brainstorming sessions, and engaging discussions that encourage thinking outside the box. We focus on team collaboration, problem-solving, and generating innovative solutions in a fun, supportive environment. Each session is tailored to your team’s goals, with plenty of opportunities to share ideas and experiment with new approaches.

The best part? Participants are actually innovating on something related to their job, while applying the concepts throughout the workshop. By the end of an innovation PLAYshop, teams usually have a clear vision of potential solutions and actionable steps to bring those ideas to life.

Who should attend an innovation workshop, and how can we prepare for it?

An innovation workshop is most effective when attended by a diverse group of people, including stakeholders from different departments, team members with varied skills, and even external partners or customers, if relevant.

This diversity brings multiple perspectives to the table, enriching the brainstorming process. To prepare for an innovation workshop, participants should come ready with background knowledge of a specific challenge at hand, be open to sharing and receiving feedback, and be willing to collaborate actively.

What makes this innovation workshop different from other team building activities?

We don’t just talk about innovation; we experience it through play and experiential activities. Furthermore, it is practical – every participant will actually be innovating on something job-related throughout the PLAYshop, applying the concepts as they go along. It’s hands-on, engaging, and designed to leave your team with a culture of creativity, innovation & progress!

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