TEAMWORK IN MOTION

Immersive Fun, Serious Science

Birds flock. Fish school. Reindeer herd. This is emergence: when individual parts of a system interact, self-organize and become something greater than the sum of their parts.

Synch.Live is a high-tech, high-touch experience inspired by collective behavior in nature that strengthens social bonds, primes teams for creative problem-solving, and unlocks real-time experiential learning.

Groups navigate a dynamic, adaptive challenge together, without talking or touching. Leadership is fluid and decisions emerge organically. To succeed, groups must pay attention to each other, self-organize, and find new ways to communicate.

Discover what can happen when words fall away and social instinct takes over.

The Experience

The Set Up
Groups of 10-15 wearing custom LED hats gather with the goal of synchronizing their hat lights.

The Rules
No talking, no touching, keep moving.

The Catch
Participants can’t see or control their own hat lights.

The Reward
The thrill of human emergence!

What People Are Saying…

  • “I think everybody needs to come try this out."

    — Beatrice

  • “Finding the connection with other people without saying anything - that was really cool."

    — Jonathon

  • “I tend to lead in certain areas and I love this because you can't assert yourself in any individualistic fashion.”

    — Joy

  • “I would love my work team to be doing this instead of trying to problem solve in our usual dysfunctional way.”

    — Matthew

  • “It’s a fun way to explore yourself and your physical connection to the world around you.

    — Hannah

  • “It was really fun being in communal movement with everybody. It was so satisfying to feel like we had achieved something together.”

    — Corey

  • “It only happened once I stopped thinking about it and started just responding.”

    — Jacob

  • “I love this. There's no judgment, there's no preconceived notion of what it should be.”

    — Maria

  • “It's a chance to get out of yourself and experience others in a different way.”

    — Alejandro

  • "Congress should play Synch.Live!"

    — George

  • "I feel like if people did this right before they tried to collaborate on an assignment, they would have a higher success rate."

    — Isa

  • "There's so much faux team building out there. This actually is team building."

    — Tammy

The Science

Synch.Live activates our social instinct to cooperate, building on the research that shows the positive effects of shared experience and physical synchrony on rapport, cooperative conversation, and team problem solving.

Developed with neuroscientists as a framework for evidence-based research on human collective behavior, Synch.Live is advancing new science. In our first study, researchers demonstrate that participants in winning groups report significantly higher connectedness to others after playing Synch.Live. Visit the project website to learn more about the art and science of Synch.Live.

The Analytics

Synch.Live captures teamwork in real-time, measuring in-the-moment behaviors that show how teams actually communicate, adapt, and problem solve – not just how they think they do.

Our analytics deliver meaningful individual and group-level insights. Which teams are the highest performing? Which individuals contribute most to collective success? This is a new metric for teamwork.

Activate Synch.Live at Your Next Event

  • Team Building

    A team-building experience where the act of becoming a team is the challenge. With a clear goal but no obvious solution, groups must build trust, test ideas, take risks, and attune to each other.

  • Onboarding

    A first-of-its kind emergence game that breaks down barriers and gets people moving—literally. Perfect for ice breaker introductions, building rapport, and bridging languages and cultures.

  • Priming

    Rapid experimentation, iterative learning, collective purpose, and shared focus. Synch.Live is a powerful primer for any group preparing to collaborate, innovate, or tackle complex challenges.

Contact Us for More Information

Considering Synch.Live for your next conference, retreat, onboarding event, or training? Contact us for packages and pricing.