What Your Team's Painting Says About Them 👀🖌

We've hosted a LOT of teams. And after years of watching people paint, we've noticed something rather interesting...

How someone approaches a blank canvas tells you more about them than any Myers-Briggs test ever could. We're not saying we're psychologists. But we're not NOT saying that either. 😏

Which one is your team? 👇

🎯 The Overachiever Brush barely touched the canvas before they've already asked three follow-up questions, restarted twice, and is somehow already on step 6. Probably colour-codes their calendar. Definitely sends emails at 11pm.

🌊 The Free Spirit Took one look at the reference painting and thought, "yeah, but what if I added MORE clouds?" Their final piece looks nothing like the brief and is somehow the most striking canvas in the room. Creative Director energy.

👀 The Secret Talent Said nothing. Smiled politely. Quietly produced a masterpiece that made everyone else slightly embarrassed about their own work. Probably the quietest person in the office. Don't sleep on them.

🤷 The "I Told You I Can't Paint" Announced their lack of skill to the room approximately four times before they started. Is now on their third glass of prosecco and genuinely having the best time. Their painting? Surprisingly brilliant.

🧰 The Perfectionist Still on layer one. Has repainted the sky four times. Won't show anyone until it's "done." Turns out they're just a bit of a secret artist and didn't want anyone to know. We see you.

📸 The Documenter Hasn't painted much but has taken seventeen photos of everyone else's progress. Already planning the group caption. Social media team, probably.

Why this matters for team building 💡

One of the things we love most about what we do is how a painting session (and the blue beret) strips away the professional masks. The MD picks up a brush and suddenly they're nervous. The graduate who never speaks in meetings turns out to have a brilliant eye for colour.

There's something genuinely powerful about creating something with your hands, in real time, in front of your colleagues. It builds a kind of connection you just can't manufacture in a boardroom.

Plus it gives everyone great material for the group chat afterwards. 😂

Ready to find out what YOUR team is made of? 🎨 Sip, Sip, Beret! 🦩

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