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Teamwork in London Fashion Week
We hope you are all catwalk ready for this year’s London Fashion Week Festival (20th – 23rd September 2018)! There will be over 150 designer pop-ups, catwalk shows, panel talks from industry experts and so much more!
How does London Fashion Week relate to teambuilding?
Anyone in the events industry will know the work behind organising any event, from event staff to catering to lights and sound. However if we look deeper into the fashion industry… how many more team players create the finished product?
Holly Shackleton (2013) wrote an article looking at who is involved in creating fashion stories and bringing a catwalk show to life, she notes that “amongst the models, stylists, hairdressers, nail technicians, set designers and assistants” that the busy fashion industry brings “people in from all walks of life, pooling together their talents and resources” to bring together a shared creative goal.
Shackleton (2013) went on to quote statements from the Fashion industry on teamwork…
“Team work is about having a vision but letting it develop collectively through your team” – Mary Katrantzou, Designer
“Teamwork is all about listening, recognising other people’s strengths and good ideas but also not being afraid to take the lead and responsibility when you have to” – Daniel Marks, Store Director
“When a team feels and is inspired by the creator and passionately work together to enhance every aspect of the vision” – Marios Schwab, Designer
“A great team is when everyone feels immersed in the energy and understanding of the work and goal, and through that synergy of hard graft, dedication, determination and loyalty, the best and most satisfying results are accomplished…” – Pam Hogg, Designer
“You can’t have a successful show or shoot without teamwork. All the components work together and BAM!” – Cozette McCreery, Designer
Do you think you have what it takes to become the ultimate fashion designer and create cutting edge clothing, fit for the London Fashion Week?! Give it a go on our Catwalk Capers activity on the Generation Game.
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Indoor
Crystal Challenge
Overview
Team Challenges to Test the Mind
Paying tribute to the famous TV show ‘Crystal Maze’, the Crystal Challenge event pitches your group into an exciting and unique team building experience with ingenious cerebral and spatial challenges.
Just like on TV, the successful completion of each task is rewarded with crystals that will be tallied at the end to find the winning team. This event combines competition and teamwork in an enthralling set of team building challenges.
Usually outdoors, we have adapted this most popular of events to move inside. Perfect for winter teambuilding, we will run this day from your offices, a hotel or conference centre. We have an awesome suite of custom built kit developed and perfected over the last 25 years.
The day can be used to reflect any number of relevant key values including communication, trust, leadership and planning. The Indoor Crystal Challenge is one of our less physically demanding events, exercising the mind rather than the muscles. More than anything though, the activities are great fun!
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The Event Format
Our Event Manager will brief you on the format of the event before splitting the group into teams of about eight people.
After approximately 20-25 minutes, the whistle goes and teams rotate around to the next challenge. Friendly competition becomes very enthusiastic as teams maximise their performance for more crystals!
This event is great for those who’d like a teambuilding experience which is not only fun, but also relevant to business. The activities in the Indoor Crystal Challenge are easily relatable to the office. The characteristics of leadership, lateral-thinking, planning, and team work that they are designed to foster, are all great business assets.
The Indoor Crystal Challenge needs a venue with a reasonably large indoor space, your offices may work well, or you might prefer a hotel – have a chat with our friendly staff who can discuss suitability or suggest a venue near you.
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It was a good mixture of challenges so there was something for everyone! It allowed me to give the team the chance to have some fun but in a productive and challenging way.
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