What You Have To Gain

TLDR: It’s Everything.

Diversity & Inclusion

When people are expected to make art that is bad, they have the freedom to really express themselves. Bad Art Club levels the playing field—suddenly there is no hierarchy of roles, intelligence, skill, or salary. What people do at the company becomes much less interesting than who they are. Your team gets to experience the power of bringing their diverse perspectives together, and when people feel appreciated for who they are, they bring more of their talents to the stage.

Throughout the experience, participants are cued to pause and look for to a section of the collective canvas that captures their attention. When invited to point to where they’re looking, fingers dash in every direction, covering all parts of the canvas. People realize in real time the uniqueness of their colleagues’ perspectives. This knowing gets embedded into the fibers of team connection—diversity is a superpower.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Making bad art invites team members to break free of perfectionism. When the common goal is to “ruin” the canvas together, they stop treating art as something that’s precious or serious. Collaboration becomes less rigid as people encourage each other to experiment with new ideas. Your team gets to interact with each other as human beings, not just professional colleagues. It’s all fun and games, but the impact is profound.

Painting on the same canvas, swapping palettes, and naming each others’ art pieces are just a few examples of how Bad Art Club fosters a collaborative environment. We help teams break sticky habits of siloing work and not asking for help. The result is more transparency, better support, and faster problem solving.

Idea Generation

Bad Art Club serves as a playground for your team to experiment with novel, incomplete and strange ideas in a judgment-free zone (to the extent that they each choose, of course). Making bad art together boosts your team's confidence, allowing their thoughts and opinions to flow more freely, so you can expect to hear more voices in meetings afterwards!

Making bad art helps unlock creativity at the individual and team level. The formula is simple—get people out of their heads so they can create whatever feels genuinely good to create. From choosing their palette, to adding to the collective canvas, there is no time for contemplation, only action. When there is no right or wrong, people act on intuition alone, and what emerges is pure creative flow.

Talent Retention

It’s simple, really. When people feel safe to be themselves at work, they are fulfilled in a way that supports longevity. Bad Art Club is an incredibly unique experience, and bringing it to your team sends a strong signal that they are valued, cared for, and important. People want to stay where they feel appreciated for who they are, in addition to what they contribute.

What do prospective hires care the most about? Culture. We want to be a part of a team that prioritizes connection, creativity and authenticity. So much energy is wasted on the keeping up of appearances. Bad Art Club reminds us that we’re all human, and we have a lot more in common than we realize. Boundaries dissolve as colleagues celebrate each other’s imperfections. Relaxed into connection, people have more energy and focus to direct toward work. Surprise your team by bringing in Bad Art Club and experience the powerful ripple effects it will have on the organization’s reputation as an awesome place to work!

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