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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.