A collaborative workshop is a meeting and exchange in a small group, increasingly popular in the working world. Today, though, its use is no longer limited to companies: these collaborative workshops are organised in fields where interaction between participants is paramount.

Why opt for a collaborative workshop?

A collaborative workshop offers a real alternative to the classic group meeting. Here, colleagues are encouraged to take an active part and to come up with proposals.

The objectives of a collaborative workshop are generally as follows:

• Lead teams to a decision
• Find a creative solution to a challenge
• Develop skills
• Build cohesion within teams

Unlike traditional company meetings, the emphasis is on interaction. Everyone is invited to take part, all ideas are valued and speaking is free. In a collaborative workshop, the most important thing is to respond together to a challenge or issue facing your company.

A collaborative workshop to acquire skills

Collaborative workshops foster both productivity and creativity. Using playful tools, it is easy to create a relaxed setting conducive to innovative ideas. Many tools exist, and it is up to you to make them your own to stimulate collective intelligence!

The Cercle Kadrance has various classic meeting spaces as well as others better suited to collaborative workshops. The Purple Salon and its Tea House, or the Cercle and its Winter Garden, offer unusual spaces that foster creativity while providing a calm working environment. The Cercle, a duplex apartment, makes it possible, for example, to split your working team into small groups, which greatly contributes to the success of the collaborative workshop.   

It is also an opportunity to engage participants and strengthen their sense of belonging to an organisation: every opinion counts, and they feel involved because they take part in the organisation’s evolution. There is nothing like involving your colleagues to motivate them!

The democratisation of workshops in events

In recent years, the collaborative workshop has grown considerably. It now goes beyond the traditional office setting; it is widespread in new forms and aimed at a different audience.

Today there are workshops that let individuals develop different abilities: creative hobbies, personal development, pastry-making, soft skills and many more; plenty of fields can be the subject of a collaborative workshop!

Collaborative workshops in events are open to a wider audience; they are no longer reserved only for colleagues of the same company. The principle remains the same, though: small-group collaborative workshops where the exchange of ideas and skills is at the heart of the meeting.

For the second year running, the Atelier 1664 took over the Cercle LeBrun in May. During this event many activities and events were organised, including numerous collaborative workshops. The cactus gardening workshops and the beer-making discovery sessions let a few guests develop skills and exchange on a variety of topics.

Interested in organising a collaborative workshop for your company or your brand? The By Kadrance venues offer exceptional settings, conducive to a good working atmosphere and to creativity. Contact our team for personalised support.