Your team is capable of more than they're currently showing up for.

Your team is capable of more than they're currently showing up for.

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Your team is capable of more than they're currently showing up for.

Most teams aren't underperforming because of a skills gap. They're underperforming because people don't feel safe, present, or genuinely connected to the work.

Designfulness™ changes that, from the inside out.

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(Facts)

The real cost of a team that's running on autopilot

When your team is stuck in reactive mode, back-to-back meetings, siloed thinking, unspoken tension, the cost isn't just morale. It's strategy that never gets implemented, ideas that stay unspoken, and talent that quietly disengages.

You can feel it in the room. Decision fatigue. Performative agreement. The same conversations circling without resolution.

Gallup research confirms what leaders already sense:

→ 27% lower turnover when employees feel heard
→ 40% fewer safety incidents in psychologically safe teams
→ 12% higher productivity when people feel their voice matters

Team Identity & Culture

Do you really know your team?
Build the trust, clarity, and shared identity that let your team move fast without burning out. This experience surfaces what’s actually holding people back and creates a foundation for everything else you want to change.

Great for: new teams, teams in transition, hybrid collaboration, morale resets.

Format: Half-day · Full-day · Multi-day.
In-person or hybrid · Always tailored to your context.

Session examples:
→ Team identity & shared values
→ Psychological safety & trust-building
→ Strategic storytelling

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What do we offer

Anti-burnout and resilience

How is pressure shaping the way your team works?
Help your team recognize the patterns that lead to stress, disconnection, and unsustainable performance. This experience creates space to reset, build resilience, and develop healthier ways of working together without losing momentum.

Great for: high-pressure teams, change fatigue, burnout prevention, morale repair, teams carrying too much for too long.

Format: half-day, full-day, or multi-day. In-person or hybrid, always tailored to your context.

Session examples:
→ Burnout prevention and recovery habits
→ Stress awareness and nervous system regulation
→ Sustainable teamwork and capacity conversations

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Creative Problem Solving & Innovation

What becomes possible when people feel safe enough to think differently?
Unlock clearer thinking, stronger collaboration, and more creative responses to complex challenges. This experience helps teams move beyond overthinking and stale patterns so they can generate ideas, make sense of complexity, and co-create practical next steps using design, presence, and play.

Great for: strategy sessions, stuck teams, innovation challenges, cross-functional collaboration, complex problem-solving.

Format: half-day, full-day, or multi-day. In-person or hybrid, always tailored to your context.

Session examples:
→ Design thinking & Design Sprints
→ LEGO® Serious Play® for insight and alignment
→ Idea generation and collaborative problem-solving

Creative Conflict Management

What happens when tension and misalignment are already in the room?
For teams navigating deeper communication challenges, unresolved tension, or more complex relational dynamics, these advanced workshops create a supported space to slow down, surface what’s really happening, and begin moving toward safer, more honest ways of working together.

Great for: teams experiencing repeated conflict, trust breakdowns, difficult conversations, or high-stakes collaboration where people feel stuck or guarded.

Format: custom-designed half-day, full-day, or multi-session series. In-person or hybrid. Scoping conversations are always required before booking.

Session examples:
→ Communication and tension navigation
→ Difficult conversations and feedback
→ Repairing trust after conflict or change

Note:
For more sensitive or high-stakes situations, these engagements may be delivered in collaboration with specialized facilitators to ensure the right level of support.

Advanced workshops

How we work together

Team identity and culture

Team Identity & Culture

Do you really know your team?
Build the trust, clarity, and shared identity that let your team move fast without burning out. This experience surfaces what’s actually holding people back and creates a foundation for everything else you want to change.

Great for: new teams, teams in transition, hybrid collaboration, morale resets.

Format: Half-day · Full-day · Multi-day.
In-person or hybrid · Always tailored to your context.

Session examples:
→ Team identity & shared values
→ Strategic storytelling
→ Psychological safety & trust-building

Session examples:
→ Team identity & shared values
→ Psychological safety & trust-building
→ Strategic storytelling

Anti-burnout and resilience

How is pressure shaping the way your team works?
Help your team recognize the patterns that lead to stress, disconnection, and unsustainable performance. This experience creates space to reset, build resilience, and develop healthier ways of working together without losing momentum.

Great for: high-pressure teams, change fatigue, burnout prevention, morale repair, teams carrying too much for too long.

Format: half-day, full-day, or multi-day. In-person or hybrid, always tailored to your context.

Session examples:
→ Burnout prevention and recovery habits
→ Stress awareness and nervous system regulation
→ Sustainable teamwork and capacity conversations

Session examples:
→ Burnout prevention and recovery habits
→ Stress awareness and nervous system regulation
→ Sustainable teamwork and capacity conversations

Creative Problem Solving & Innovation

What becomes possible when people feel safe enough to think differently?
Unlock clearer thinking, stronger collaboration, and more creative responses to complex challenges. This experience helps teams move beyond overthinking and stale patterns so they can generate ideas, make sense of complexity, and co-create practical next steps using design, presence, and play.

Great for: strategy sessions, stuck teams, innovation challenges, cross-functional collaboration, complex problem-solving.

Format: half-day, full-day, or multi-day. In-person or hybrid, always tailored to your context.

Session examples:
→ Design thinking & Design Sprints
→ LEGO® Serious Play® for insight and alignment
→ Idea generation and collaborative problem-solving

Advanced workshops

Creative Conflict Management

What happens when tension and misalignment are already in the room?
For teams navigating deeper communication challenges, unresolved tension, or more complex relational dynamics, these advanced workshops create a supported space to slow down, surface what’s really happening, and begin moving toward safer, more honest ways of working together.

Great for: teams experiencing repeated conflict, trust breakdowns, difficult conversations, or high-stakes collaboration where people feel stuck or guarded.

Format: custom-designed half-day, full-day, or multi-session series. In-person or hybrid. Scoping conversations are always required before booking.

Session examples:
→ Communication and tension navigation
→ Difficult conversations and feedback
→ Repairing trust after conflict or change

Note:
For more sensitive or high-stakes situations, these engagements may be delivered in collaboration with specialized facilitators to ensure the right level of support.

The Designfulness process

01

Understand

We start with honest conversations about your team's real situation: what's working, where the friction lives, what goals matter most. This builds the clarity and trust needed before anything else.

02

Create

We custom-build an experience around your team's unique culture, challenges, and goals. No templates. No copy-paste workshops.

03

Experience

Your team moves from ideas into action, practicing new approaches, experimenting together, and building real confidence for daily work.

04

Integrate

Learning anchors into how your team actually works, becoming part of your culture, not a one-day memory.

Not sure where to start?

Every team is different. Fill out a short questionnaire and we'll reach out to design something that actually fits: your team, your goals, your moment.

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FAQs

FAQs

Who are these sessions for?

Our work is designed for teams of all sizes, from startups to larger organizations, who want to strengthen collaboration, think more creatively, and navigate complexity with clarity.

Do we need experience with design thinking?

Not at all. We meet your team where they are. Whether you're new to design thinking or already familiar with it, sessions are tailored to your level and goals.

How large can the team be?

Most sessions work best with 6–12 participants to ensure depth and engagement. For larger teams, we adapt the format or break into smaller working groups.

How long are the sessions?

Sessions can range from two hours to multi-day experiences. The format depends on your objectives and the depth of exploration needed.th depends on your goals and the depth you’d like to explore.

What’s the difference between a workshop and training?

Workshops focus on solving a real challenge together. Training builds internal capability, equipping your team with tools and methods they can apply independently.

Can these sessions be run virtually?

Yes. All sessions can be delivered in person, virtually, or in hybrid formats using digital collaboration tools.

What kind of outcomes can we expect?

Teams leave with greater clarity and alignment, stronger collaboration and communication, practical tools they can apply immediately, increased creative capacity, and a more sustainable way of working.

Trusted by organizations across Canada

ELLA Program (York University) · Government of Ontario · OACAS · Design Fabrication Zone (Ryerson) · Ryerson Consulting Association · WorkNicer · Cooperathon Ontario · Springboard · Behst Machinery Corp · and teams within Government of Alberta, BMO, and Freedom Mobile.

(Testimonials)

  • Elisabet is an absolute sweetheart and the workshop that she facilitated for our RCA students during the Design Thinking Conference was very informative, engaging and fun. She made sure all the delegates were on the same page during the workshop and provided mentorship, direction and feedback throughout the entire workshop.

    Insiyah Hussain

    President, Ryerson Consulting Association | Toronto, Canada

  • Eli is a talented UX professional with a strategic mindset and a passion for not only how we can improve the customer experience, but how we can implement UX strategies (Workshops, LEGO Serious Play, etc.) to improve operations.

    Chris Menezes

    Head of Personalization @ BMO | Toronto, Canada

  • Elisabet facilitated a team-building workshop for my team and by the end I definitely felt closer to my coworkers. I felt like I gained a lot of insight into how each team member works individually and how we can work better as a team. The blend of yoga and Designfulness framework, as well as hands-on creative work were the strengths of Elisabet’s workshop. She was clear, concise, and inspirational. I highly recommend it!

    Yaiza Lopez Garcia

    Content Creator, Behst Machinery Corp | Calgary, Canada