Vibe Coding Workshop
Team building that actually builds something
This started as an icebreaker in my longer-form engagements. But when I started running it standalone, something interesting happened. Given room to breathe, it's developed its own heady aroma: notes of creativity, energy, and exploration that work surprisingly well on their own.
Most team building exercises create memories. This one creates capabilities.
Spend a few hours with your team exploring what's possible when you combine human creativity with AI coding tools. No prior coding experience required, just curiosity and a willingness to experiment.
By the end, you'll have created a collection of interesting demos and proof-of-concepts, discovered what vibe coding is actually good for, and understood when to bring in proper engineering support versus what you can build yourselves.
What Makes This Different
...From typical team building:
You're not falling backwards into each other's arms or doing trust exercises. You're collaborating on creative problem-solving that produces tangible (if rough-edged) results.
...From our other workshops:
This isn't strategic planning or policy development. It's hands-on exploration that helps your team understand what's actually achievable with AI coding tools and, crucially, where the boundaries are.
...From technical training:
We're not teaching coding. We're facilitating experimentation to help you discover what vibe coding can deliver, what it struggles with, and when you need to involve your engineering team versus what you can prototype yourselves.
Why the playful vibe matters:
The low-stakes, experimental atmosphere isn't frivolous. It's doing serious work. When teams feel safe to be silly, they experiment more freely, fail more openly, and learn more effectively. The lighthearted format creates space for genuine discovery.
How It Works
Start with Starter Projects
I'll provide a menu of interesting challenges to warm up with (often consulting with your team beforehand to include options that'll resonate). Think: silly games, quirky tools, things that solve made-up problems. The low stakes help everyone experiment freely.
Graduate to Real Problems
As the team gains confidence, we'll shift to building things that could actually be useful: internal tools, proof-of-concepts for customer-facing features, demos that explore what's technically feasible for your business.
Build Together
Your team directs the AI whilst I facilitate. Everyone contributes ideas. Everyone sees their suggestions take shape in real-time. Everyone experiences both the impressive capabilities and the amusing failures.
Everything Provided
I'll bring the AI tool access and credits. You bring the creativity and business context.
What You'll Actually Get
A Collection of Demos
Rough but functional proof-of-concepts that show what's possible. Some will be silly, some might actually be useful, none will be production-ready, but all will be instructive.
Practical Understanding
First-hand experience with what vibe coding can and can't do. You'll learn where the boundaries are: when you can prototype something yourselves versus when you need proper engineering support.
Shared Experience
Better than abstract discussions about AI, your team will have built things together using these tools, experiencing both the capabilities and the limitations.
Creative Confidence
Team members who were intimidated by AI will have experienced it as a collaborative tool. Technical folks will see what non-technical colleagues can achieve. Everyone gets more realistic about what's possible.
Cross-functional Collaboration
Technical and non-technical team members contributing equally, because the AI handles implementation whilst everyone handles direction, creativity, and judgment about what's worth building.
Actually Fun
Watching ideas take shape in real-time based on your team's increasingly ambitious (or ridiculous) suggestions is genuinely enjoyable.
Guardrails and Safety
We'll brief your team on what's safe and what to steer clear of. We can weave in your existing AI policy if you have one (and can help you write one if you don't!).
Practical Details
Duration: Half day (typically 3-4 hours)
Team Size: Works best with 6-15 people
Requirements: Laptops with internet connection, willingness to experiment
What I Provide: AI tool access, credits, starter projects
What You Provide: Creativity, business context, meeting space
Cost: Transparent pricing based on team size and logistics
Who This Works For
Mixed teams work best
Technical and non-technical. Senior and junior. Product and operations. The diversity of perspective is what makes it valuable. Everyone's learning something new, and everyone's contributions matter.
Teams exploring AI adoption
Start with experiential understanding before diving into strategy and implementation. Nothing beats hands-on experience for cutting through both hype and fear.
Organizations wanting meaningful team building
Move beyond generic exercises to create both connection and capability. Leave with shared stories and practical understanding, not just memories of a ropes course.
Anyone needing to understand AI coding tools
Hard to make good decisions about what's possible when you've only read about it. Much easier when you've actually experimented and seen where the boundaries are.
Ready to build something ridiculous (and educational) with your team?
[email protected]This works brilliantly as standalone team building or as an experiential introduction before diving into more strategic AI adoption work. Either way, your team leaves with practical understanding that cuts through both hype and fear.