our Experiences

Leadership development through play, story, and real practice

available experiences

the culture blueprint

A 1-hour team session for building the culture you actually want

The Culture Blueprint is a facilitated team session designed to move culture from aspiration to action. In one focused hour, your team will identify the behaviours that matter, surface what's working and what's not, and commit to specific actions that shift how you work together. You'll see changes in how people show up immediately after the session. 

Did your team intentionally shape your culture? Or did it evolve by accident,  leaving you wondering why the behaviours you see don't match the values you believe in?

The Culture Blueprint gives your team the space to get intentional with your culture.

By the end of the session, your team will have:

  • A Team Culture Canvas — your blueprint for the culture you're building, documented and ready to use

  • Shared language — clarity on what your team values and how those values show up in behaviour

  • Personal commitments — specific actions each person will take to build the culture you've defined

  • Immediate shifts — you'll see changes in how people show up immediately after the session (perhaps even in the session itself!)

The Culture Blueprint can be run for your team in-person or online.

Investment: $750 (includes 20-minute discovery session, customised 1-hour facilitated workshop, and a Culture Canvas that will help you continue to improve your team culture after the session)

Book a discovery session

the guild gathering

A collaborative, story-driven quest designed to build trust, connection, and shared understanding.

The Guild Gathering is designed for larger teams, enabling them to think, talk, and notice what actually happens in their dynamics.

It’s playful and connective with focus on communication, relationships, and the choices that shape group culture.

This quest lets your team practise real leadership behaviours in a safe, low-stakes world… and then translate them straight back into work.

You’ll practise:

  • Asking better questions

  • Speaking up with care and clarity

  • Navigating tension without shutting down

  • Building team trust through shared storytelling

  • Seeing patterns in how you communicate and collaborate

Best for:
Teams wanting deeper trust, stronger communication, or a reset after change, conflict, or rapid growth.

Explore Guild Gatherings

epic journeys

A long-term leadership campaign that builds real behavioural change over time.

Epic Journeys isn’t a one-off adventure.
It’s a multi-session leadership arc where your team returns to the same world over weeks or months, deepening their skills, strengthening trust, and building habits that actually stick.

Each session builds on the last.
The story grows.
Your leaders grow with it.

You’ll practise:

  • Courage, clarity, curiosity and tension across different scenarios

  • Communication and decision-making with consistency

  • Spotting patterns and actively shifting them

  • Handling conflict with more skill and less friction

  • Building trust through repeated collaboration

  • Turning insight into long-term habit and behaviour

Best for:
Exec teams, senior leaders, and organisations who want meaningful leadership growth — not a workshop tick-box, but a guided evolution of how the team works together.

Explore Epic Journeys

what leaders have to say…

  • “This is the most unique, wild, engaging and fun workshop I have ever been to. The experience and the learning will stay with me for a long time.”

    Cordula Plassmann | Coach & Facilitator

  • "I think this is an awesome way to bring leadership teams together. Role playing removes the natural inhibitions from the participants and lets you learn new aspects and perspectives, ultimately bringing you a better understanding of the team you work with as well as yourself. "

    Ed Letifov | TechTime

  • “The game creates a safe and engaging environment to explore leadership strengths and areas for growth. The debrief sessions were especially powerful, offering insights that conventional leadership courses often overlook.”

    Annelies Griemink | Thankyou Payroll

  • "Most people have done at least some of the stock-standard professional development that's out there, so why not try something new? The worst case is *just* having a whole lot of fun, and the best case is that fun sparking deep insights and reflections that help you to be a better leader. It's a win win, I reckon."

    Nicole Skews-Poole | Anchordown

  • “I was super sceptical, having never done anything like this before and it being VERY out of my comfort zone! BUT by the end of session one, I had one of those "ah ha" moments, and I then understood what it was all about! I learned so much about myself that I never knew or realised before.”

    Beckie Coe | Thankyou Payroll

  • "A Quest Within" was incredibly fun and engaging. I gained valuable insights into myself and the leadership skills I want to develop. It also inspired me to take action!

    Wenjing Xie | Snapper

  • "one of the best outcomes of 'A Quest Within' is not only the learning you have for yourself as a leader and your own motivations, but also the way you work as a team. Working in the 'play' space, allows for greater freedom and learning around the way we work together."

    Serena Lawrence | Wellington College

  • "It was very enjoyable to partake in a Quest Within and immensely beneficial to learn and reflect on applying leadership skills in an adventure with my co-workers."

    Participant | Snapper

  • "This is the kind of workshop to attend whether or not you have been to other leadership trainings. It will bring up new ideas and experiences that you wouldn't have been able to tap into before. I thoroughly enjoyed this new take on a leadership workshop that I know I will be referencing to others for months and years to come."

    Victoria Young | Zealandia

  • "I haven't been able to stop thinking about the workshop. I discovered unexpected things about myself, learnt a lot from my fellow adventurers, and it has sparked an interest in and joy for incorporating gameplay into my leadership, but also my day to day life - including parenting!"

    Kelly Hudson | Five and Dime

  • "The journey showed me parts of myself that I'd like to focus on, as well as some comparitive strengths through the reflection process. I highly recommend!"

    Angela Wei | Wētā FX

  • "Seeing how your team members react in a situation free of judgement teaches you a lot about them. It's worth doing for any team."

    Patrick Peters | TechTime

  • "It's refreshed my love of giving specific feedback. Receiving feedback on my gameplay was really helpful for reflection."

    Julie Reddish | Catapult NZ

  • "It's a practical, on the court, safe way to enhance leadership skills"

    Rachel Collingridge | Totara

  • "A Quest Within taught me to be more open and engaged with others, showing me the power of proactive interaction in team settings. I gained insights into how diverse problem-solving approaches can spark creativity. It makes me want to explore how I can continue to build stronger connections and confidently take on new roles."

    Neil Wu | Australian Spatial Analytics

  • "This workshop helped me put words to things I hadn’t fully realised about myself. Since then, I’ve used those insights, and honestly, I’ve seen the results."

    Amy Thomson | The Attention Seeker

  • "one of the best outcomes of 'A Quest Within' is not only the learning you have for yourself as a leader and your own motivations, but also the way you work as a team."

    Serena Lawrence | Wellington College

  • "This game brought a great balance of fun and practical leadership insight. Would happily recommend to other founders and teams."

    Louisa Murray | Whiringa

  • "I recommend this game to anyone who wants to be pushed out of their comfort zone as a leader and maybe find some hidden leadership qualities that you didn't know you had."

    Rachel Wilson | Counted

  • "It wasn’t just a leadership session. It was a moment of connection, reflection, and real growth. Thank you for creating an experience that reminded us leadership is an adventure worth embracing."

    Brooke Walker | The Attention Seeker

  • "I would recommend this Leadership Play Day to anyone who is ready to be taken out of their comfort zone and tap into a new creative way of self-development."

    Louisa Rodani | NZGDA

Teams and leaders we’ve worked with

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Learn more about play-based learning

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Excellent question, wise wanderer. As it turns out, play isn’t just fun - it’s one of the most powerful tools we have for real leadership growth.

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