COLLABORATION STUDIO
A Creative Team-Building Workshop
A half-day team experience that uses creativity to improve the way your team communicates, solves problems, and works together long after the workshop ends.
This isn’t an art class or a typical team-building activity.
Too often, team-building activities feel forced or disconnected from the work we do every day. But what if team building could spark genuine collaboration, encourage creative thinking, and help us see our teammates in a whole new way? Collaboration Studio is designed to do exactly that.
Using creativity as the catalyst, not the destination, we create an environment where people slow down, think differently, communicate openly, and discover new sides of the people they work with every day.
Your team will leave with more than artwork. They’ll leave with stronger relationships, fresh perspectives, and practical insights that carry back into their everyday work.
Modern teams often experience:
Communication that feels transactional rather than collaborative
Creative fatigue from spending most of the workday in front of screens
Fear of making mistakes or sharing unfinished ideas
Sound familiar?
In Collaboration Studio, participants will:
Strengthen communication through collaborative creative challenges
Build trust by working together in new and unexpected ways
Practice problem solving through hands-on activities
Increase creative confidence by embracing experimentation over perfection
Collaboration Studio is ideal for:
Cross-functional teams looking to strengthen collaboration across departments
Leadership teams building trust, communication, and alignment
Growing teams onboarding new hires and building a shared culture
Department retreats or company offsites focused on connection, creativity, and innovation
Getting started with Collaboration Studio:
Hosted at your office, at our South Salt Lake studio, or at a partner venue.
Starting at $2,500 for groups up to 25.
Half-Day Schedule (4 Hours)
Welcome & Team Discovery (60 Minutes)
Before any art, your team maps the real collaboration challenges you face every day, creating shared themes that guide the rest of the workshop.
Team Challenge #1: Miscommunication (45 Minutes)
One person describes a hidden image while their partner draws it, first with no questions allowed, then with unlimited questions. The difference is dramatic, and usually hilarious.
Break (15 Minutes)
Team Challenge #2: Exquisite Superhero (90 Minutes)
Teams of three turn one another’s strengths into superpowers and bring a shared superhero to life, with a twist we save for the day of.
Reflection & Discussion (30 Minutes)
We close by connecting the experience back to your workplace and the themes your team identified at the start of the day.
What’s Included
A pre-workshop planning call to learn about your team and goals
A fully facilitated half-day workshop
All art materials, setup, and cleanup
A team retrospective summary of the friction points and opportunities your team identified
Meet Your Facilitator
JJ Riggs is a creative strategist, former Director of Product Design, and experienced facilitator with over 20 years of expertise in building high-performing teams and driving organizational innovation. Trained in Design Thinking, Design Thinking 2.0, and Design Sprints under an IDEO-trained mentor, she specializes in diagnosing team dynamics and transforming collaboration into measurable business impact.
JJ has led five immersive design summits, most recently uniting two historically disconnected teams into a partnership sustained for over two years. The summit also produced five strategic UX initiatives that reshaped the company’s roadmap and launched within the year.
Her philosophy: Slow down to connect. Align to accelerate.