October 2016 @ pastel

In August ww were glad to receive an email from Oana asking us more about REframe, following a message we had originally sent. It did not take to long and we met to discuss more about organizing a workshop for the Pastel team

From the very first conversations I felt I was talking to a person very interested in the development of the team, who really knows what a training session involves, that kind of person with whom we can set-up the basis for a great event design. I came home enthusiastically and together with Cristina we began to move our creativity wheels to create customized games & exercises starting from the development needs of the Pastel group

Although event day started with rain, wind and cold, we were excited to meet the people with whom we were to spend three Reframe-ish days. We were warmly welcomed by Dana, the Pastel manager, who made sure we had everything we needed to set up the stage.

On the first day we met a part of the Pastel Group, which was receptive and open to experience the techniques &  exercises, having the courage to bring to the table the real challenges faced by the departments in fulfilling the projects requested by their clients. It was a positive energy day, when team members felt good by expressing their thoughts and ideas, actively listening to their colleagues and having fun.

The second day spent with Pastel introduced us to other team members from the sales, creative, strategy and financial departments. They played, expressed their inner creativity, generated unique ideas, individual and within the group. Beyond the creative component, they have had the courage to look for improvements for situations that are not aligned to their wishes and expectations. They manage well to find solutions.

The last day of the workshop brought together all the team members for a short program. They had the opportunity to review the two workshop days, express their personal discoveries, come up with development ideas, become aware of their group potential, and different ways they could benefit out of their amazing resources.

For us it was a great experience we learned  from, being challenged, having the opportunity to explore the advertising field industry from creativity perspective.

Thanks to the pastel team for having us, receving with openess REframe experience, building together true inspirational moments!
We invite you to discover several team thoughts and opinions about  REFRAME @ pastel workshop.

Video Testimonials:

REframe experience has been a fulfilling one because I feel that we have worked with our trainers, Vlad and Cristina, since we met and found the needs and expectations of the group I was part of until they did the design training for us and has been implemented. For me, REframe was a fulfilled expectation: what I communicated was heard, what I wanted was listened to, what I hope was implemented. “  (Oana Cristea – pastel Internal Communication – advertising industry)

“After reading the mail from REframe we felt we had to do this team workshop. Oana had the same feeling after reading it. Today we are on the third day of the workshop and I felt a lot of energy, I discovered new things, and what is most important is that it is confirmed to me that in each of my colleagues there is a creative potential and a ton of ideas, which we have to find, to become aware of and to work to discover them. ”

(Dana Nae-Popa – pastel Managing Director  – advertising  industry)

”For me, REframe experience was inspiring in the first place, and secondly it helped me personally but also to the job level, community, in the work group I belong to every day. After the workshop, I discovered three areas:
I discovered or confirmed certain needs that I had in the subconscious, but I neglected them because of day-to-day busy activities.
Secondly, I have somehow learned to find out my problems and see how to find my solutions
Thirdly, I discovered that with people around I share things in common that we have not even known before. We often have the same problems, that we can find the same or different solutions. That made me feel closer to my colleagues but also to find myself, somehow the inner silence, to discover myself and to see that there are more solutions than I expect and that problems can be solved in a creative way that seems to you much simpler than you think when you are confronted with the problem in the first place.
The workshop would fit perfectly with those who want to develop themselves personally because they discover methods and all sorts of solutions that will help them overcome certain problems but also for groups who want to get to know each other better, who might experience problems regularly at work or in the community they are part of, and can find through creative methods to solve the problems they are facing.”

(Simona – Head of Pr pastel – advertising industry)

”My experience with REframe was great, I met two absolutely wonderful people. If I could describe in a few words what the REframe meant to me, I could say that this is me before the course (showing a closed cube), a perfect geometric shape, rigorous, with the same faces and yet different, but after I did this workshop I could say that I look like this(an open cube) because I opened a side I could know but still I did not use very much, this side of imagination, the desire to dare and think more than I do every day. So if you feel like you are so, I think REframe will help to be like this.”

(Claudia –Account pastel – advertising industry)

pastel group feedback:

The whole workshop was very insightful. Reframe is fun, introspective, an solutions finding oriented.

Cristina, 28 years old, designer

I mostly appreciated the trainers and the challenges we received. I would describe REframe as a workshop for soul and mind.

Claudia, 26 year old, account

I enjoyed the energy created and the fact that I felt that parts of the workshop could be applied day by day. I would describe the workshop as useful, sparkling and inspirational.

Dana, 33 years old, Managing Director

I liked mostly going out of my comfort zone, remembering the important things for myself,  by playing. REframe was great because when you play you discover new things about yourself

Ioana, 34 years old, copywriter

I have discovered new ways to develop my creativity and imagination. I would describe REframe as fun, unexpectedly interesting.

Grați, 32 years old, account

I mostly loved the connection created between us, the things learned about the others. I would describe the workshop as a track of self-knowledge.

Irina, 30 years old, designer

I appreciated the utility of the games. REframe is refreshing!

Oana, 32 years old, internal communication

In REframe, I was able to discover new things about myself, about my colleagues, and the fact I had potential.

Andreea, 31 years old, financial officer

I liked the new concepts that were presented and the originality. The workshop helps you learn new things about yourself and your team

Bodgan, 32 years old, art director

I appreciated the fact that serious issues were discussed in a fun way. I would describe REframes as inspirational.

Andreea, 30 years old, financial manager

Takeaways after this experience:

the games require repetition to create the mind set

I have to feed my imagination

I realized I should spend more time for self-observing

out of the ordinary things come out extrordinary things

creativity must be practiced

problems always have a solution

I rediscovered the teamthat you can ask for more from your mind and imagination

to listen myself more

to look at the problem from multiple angles

teamwork can give birth to wonderful ideas

wherever there is a problem, there are always more than 10 ways to solve it