{"id":597,"date":"2023-06-12T15:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/?p=597"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T13:03:47","slug":"how-to-run-an-engaging-team-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/how-to-run-an-engaging-team-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Run an Engaging Team Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Thursday 27th April 2023 with UoE Digital at <a href=\"https:\/\/business-school.exeter.ac.uk\/about\/facilities\/creativespace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Creative Quadrant<\/a> in the Business School, University of Exeter<\/strong><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting your whole department together in person can be a great way to boost team morale, get everybody knowing each other better, and to make sure everyone is aligned on current priorities in a fun, engaging way &#8211; which is increasingly important since the rise in remote and hybrid working. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that many of our team work remotely and that the team has grown exponentially over the past year, our April Digital away day was a welcome opportunity for everyone to meet, interact and communicate.  Perhaps you might have a similar situation with your team or department, where you might be working in smaller hubs or groups on a day-to-day basis and don&#8217;t have the opportunity to &#8216;meet&#8217; with the whole team. Read this article to get inspiration on how to run an exciting team day around Design Thinking, objective setting, and knowing your values.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Adam and Maarten - Innoplay Introduction\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adam and Maarten &#8211; Introduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" data-id=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Lusby Presenting - Extended Design Thinking\" class=\"wp-image-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/AdamDesignThinking.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adam Lusby &#8211; Extended Design Thinking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Introduction to Design Thinking Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s how we ran an interactive session on Design Thinking<\/strong> <strong>using pipe cleaner people and flight experiences<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Lusby &#8211; Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Dr. Maarten Koeners &#8211; Senior Lecturer in Medicine &amp; Medical Sciences began their presentation of \u2018Introduction to Design Thinking\u2019.&nbsp; We began with a fun intro session playing interactive games such as \u2018Dobble\u2019 and \u2018Tinderbox\u2019 in small groups to enhance interaction and warm up our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing in different small groups, Adam and Maarten took us through a number of creative tasks. The first was to create a pipe cleaner person representing ourselves and to attach objects that we associated with, for example; a tennis racket or animal to represent having a pet or hobby.&nbsp; We also wrote three keywords about ourselves. This got everyone activated and animated, laughing and talking about ourselves while learning about each other.&nbsp; These were all pinned to the wall for everyone to appreciate, it was fascinating to see how many different hobbies and passions each person had. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then went through a \u2018Flight Experience Challenge\u2019 where we drew a timeline of our day as if we were going on a flight, considering emotions and detailing excitement, joy, fear, concern, or apprehension.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These \u2018key moments\u2019 were plotted along the timeline showing the peaks and troughs of the day from before the flight, during and afterwards.&nbsp; It&#8217;s interesting to consider how much one&#8217;s emotions and feelings can change throughout the day and how often this can be reflected in the working day.&nbsp; People then split off in pairs to describe their \u2018chart\u2019 to another person and for them to redraw their interpretation without looking at the original version.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was an interesting way to enable empathy between staff members and to be able to appreciate each other\u2019s experiences and feelings throughout the day, as well as to see how well we matched up our drawings to the original version.&nbsp; From the exercise, Adam wanted the team to consider how to \u2018Frame a question\u2019, then how to \u2018Empathise\u2019, \u2018Define\u2019 and \u2018Gather Inspiration\u2019 to move from a problem into a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once in the solution space, he explored the concepts of \u2018ideate\u2019, \u2018prototype\u2019 and \u2018test\u2019, then finally \u2018share the story\u2019, which was particularly relevant given the recent progression and development within the Digital team.&nbsp; It was an interesting way to explore how we all work currently and what could be implemented moving forward.<br><br>You can find out more information about Adam and Maarten here:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Gina-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_EmilyChris.jpg\" alt=\"Pinning stickies on board\" class=\"wp-image-637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_EmilyChris.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_EmilyChris-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_EmilyChris-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"941\" data-id=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Mina.jpg\" alt=\"UoE Digital Group Discussion\" class=\"wp-image-643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Mina.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Mina-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Mina-768x723.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Dan.jpg\" alt=\"Dan viewing stickies from group discussions at UoE Digital\n\" class=\"wp-image-639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Dan.jpg 832w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Dan-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_Dan-768x923.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Hill to Climb &#8211; Setting our Objectives for July<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> &#8216;<strong>Hill to Climb&#8217; Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to know how we engage the whole team with objective setting? Read on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing achievements and having the whole team come together to set clear objectives is a great way to ensure everyone&#8217;s on the same page and are working towards shared goals &#8211; this is something we&#8217;ve been doing for a year or so here in UoE Digital and we call it our &#8216;Hill to Climb&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, Helen and Mina took the team through the April outcomes and worked on the next \u2018Hill to Climb\u2019 for July, setting out everything we want to achieve. By creating this section in the agenda, it was a great opportunity to reflect on the latest achievements and pinpoint items currently in the development phase and goals yet to reach over the next quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team then met with their relevant chapters to discuss specific chapter-related developments and goals, as well as the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.exeter.ac.uk\/digital-strategy-intro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Strategy<\/a> and how we are all in our different capacities working towards this.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wrote all these items onto sticky notes and put them on the wall so that everyone had access to read from all the chapters and appreciate the scale of the work taking place across the entire team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_StacySession.jpg\" alt=\"UoE Digital Group Discussion - Knowing your Values\" class=\"wp-image-645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_StacySession.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_StacySession-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/06\/UoEAwayDayApril_StacySession-768x653.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Group Discussion &#8211; Knowing Your Values<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Knowing Your Values Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Empowering your team to feel the value they bring is so beneficial to team morale. Here&#8217;s more on how we did this. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stacy, a Leadership Coach and Consultant and a member of our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/departments\/digital\/working\/network\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Advisory Network<\/a>, joined us after lunch.&nbsp; It was a fascinating session spent exploring the concept of values and how being aware of our own values and what motivates us each day can help us to develop as not only colleagues but individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feedback From Stacy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy knowing your values helps you bring your best to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a part of a team that is going through rapid, ambitious growth is both exciting and challenging. Knowing how to bring our best self to work (which includes being honest about when we\u2019re not feeling our best) helps to create a culture of trust, authenticity and connection. And from this, personal and company growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A great place to start on this journey is to look at values which is exactly the exercise I took the UoE Digital team through at their offsite. With a key focus of the day being the Hill to Climb it felt fitting to help the team to look at \u2018how\u2019 they would approach \u2018what\u2019 they wanted to achieve. How could they each be at their best to collectively create this forward momentum in a positive and sustainable way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talked about what makes a high performing and highly engaged team before then diving into exploring values. I like to think of values as our very own internal compass that guides us through our days and our decision making. They\u2019re personal beliefs or principles and what is important will differ from person to person. When people know what their values are at work and are able to be in alignment with these it helps them to find meaning in what they do, creates loyalty, increases satisfaction and guides good career choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The afternoon included a number of break out sessions where people shared with each other what they were discovering as well as where they needed help from each other, further building connection and community. One of the team fed back that \u201cIt was good to see what other&#8217;s values were, what values we had that were the same, what values were different, and why they were different!&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stacy Holland &#8211; Leadership Coach &amp; Consultant<\/em><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stacy-holland.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.stacy-holland.com<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <strong>Ben\u2019s Big Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can&#8217;t end a team day without a fun session, can you? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day finished with allocated social time to enable the team to talk and to get to know each other more, this is especially helpful with a team that is predominately working remotely and may not get as much time to interact on a more social level.  We also had a fantastic quiz created by our team member Ben, where we collaborated in new teams to try and work out all the answers.&nbsp; It was a very close competition and a real highlight of the day, giving everyone the opportunity to interact and get to know each other even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep up to date with what we&#8217;re up to in UoE Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/departments\/digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit our website<\/a>. If you would like the opportunity to be a part of UoE Digital at the University of Exeter, then check out our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jobs.exeter.ac.uk\/hrpr_webrecruitment\/wrd\/run\/etrec105gf.open?wvid=3817591jNg\" target=\"_blank\">recruitment page<\/a>. Search the keyword &#8216;digital&#8217; to view all of our vacancies, we are constantly looking for new talent so keep checking the site for updates!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were all excited to experience a day inside the Creative Quadrant &#8211; an innovative creative space that encourages hands-on experiences to think freely through practical application. 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