Toolbox for Thriving With Humans

An Expanding Collection of My Top Energizers, Exercises & Sources for Meaningful Collaboration & Personal Growth

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Royal Shuffle

Royal Shuffle is a short, card-based social game where participants interact based on an unseen status assigned to them. It makes non-verbal communication, hierarchy, and social dynamics instantly visible.

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One Clap

One Clap is a closing ritual built around shared timing, eye contact, and a single collective action. It creates a moment of deep presence that lingers longer than words.

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Numbers Game

The Numbers Game is a quiet coordination challenge where a group counts upward without signals or turn-taking. It turns silence, restraint, and awkward timing into a shared sense of rhythm and trust.

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Stretch Me

Stretch Me invites participants to wake up their bodies — and the room — through shared, slightly ridiculous movement. It builds energy, connection, and lighthearted trust.

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Human Chair

Human Chair challenges a group to do something that feels slightly impossible — together. By leaning on one another, teams experience trust, coordination, and collective success in a very literal way.

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Massage Me

Massage Me is a playful, consent-aware energizer that uses humor and light physical interaction to soften tension and revive group energy. It helps people relax, laugh together, and reconnect without taking itself too seriously.

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Ninja · Hunter · Bear

Ninja · Hunter · Bear is a loud, physical twist on Rock–Paper–Scissors designed to unlock play and collective energy. It replaces self-consciousness with laughter, momentum, and instant group bonding.

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Shakedown

Shakedown is a loud, physical energizer where teams must move and count in perfect synchrony under pressure. It rapidly boosts energy, focus, and team cohesion — usually with a lot of laughter along the way.

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Word Fusion

Word Fusion helps teams practice thinking together by blending words in real time. What starts as playful randomness quickly turns into alignment, shared meaning, and collective focus.

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Mexican Wave

Mexican Wave creates an explosive burst of energy by getting a large group to move and shout in perfect synchrony. It’s loud, physical, and almost impossible to do without committing fully.

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Mirror Neuron Dance

Mirror Neuron Dance uses music and mirroring to flood the room with movement and momentum. By shifting attention into the body, it wakes groups up almost instantly and creates shared energy.

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Jerusalema Dance Off

Jerusalema Dance-Off invites teams to learn a dance together—awkwardness included. By leveling hierarchy and demanding shared commitment, it creates trust, belonging, and memorable collective energy.

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I’m a Tree

I’m a Tree is a fast, physical improv exercise where ideas are built live, in the body, and together. It trains teams to say “yes” first, reduce creative pressure, and let collective imagination take over.

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Nose Jousting

Nose Jousting is controlled chaos by design: tape on noses, hands off, dignity optional. It works by making everyone ridiculous together — flattening hierarchy, releasing inhibition, and igniting collective energy fast.

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1 · 2 · 3

1 · 2 · 3 is a fast, physical partner exercise where counting gradually turns into movement. It pulls attention out of the head and into shared rhythm — replacing coordination with laughter and full presence.

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If Your Really Knew Me

If You Really Knew Me is a paired reflection exercise built around a simple, repeated sentence stem. It creates fast, meaningful connection by pairing gentle self-disclosure with uninterrupted listening.

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Face-Off Portraits

Face-Off Portraits asks people to draw each other seriously—and fail publicly. The result is laughter, lowered defenses, and a fast reset of creative courage.

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Invisible Ball

Invisible Ball is a fast-moving group exercise built on imaginary objects and real sounds. As complexity increases, participants practice presence, coordination, and letting go of self-consciousness together.

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Three Things

Three Things is a rapid-fire exercise built on spontaneity and simplicity. It reduces overthinking by making judgment impossible — momentum replaces self-editing.

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Zip · Zap · Boing

Zip · Zap · Boing is a high-energy circle game where attention must stay fully embodied to keep up. It trains instant awareness by rewarding presence, not thinking.

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