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The House

30 hours that make visible what is really going on in your team

What happens when you step completely out of the daily hustle with your team?

In everyday work, many team dynamics unfold automatically. Our behavior is guided by habits and routines, which means patterns rarely become truly visible.

Who takes initiative, who holds back, how decisions are made… it is often hidden in seemingly small moments.

That’s exactly why, in The House, we work with that same simplicity. During everyday activities such as cooking together or having discussions, those patterns suddenly become visible. Not because we force them, but because we change the context. By taking people out of their familiar environment, we break automatic responses and create space for awareness.

Over the course of 30 hours, you live together in a calm, remote location, without distractions. That focus is essential. When external stimuli fall away, the brain regains space for reflection and deeper processing. This accelerates insights that often remain out of reach in the flow of daily reality.

By living together and engaging in targeted exercises, you not only see who someone is, but also how you function as a team. What gives energy, where friction arises, and which patterns keep repeating.

What sets this experience apart from a traditional team-building is the continuous guidance of Tom Dijckmans, an occupational and organizational psychologist. We make visible what is happening, give it meaning, and immediately translate it into your work context. This takes place in a safe environment, without judgment, where there is space for openness and genuine understanding of one another.

The program is intensive and intentionally compact. It is precisely this combination of experience, focus, and reflection that allows you to reach insights in 30 hours that would otherwise take teams months to achieve.

Details

Timeline

1. Grounding and letting go


You step away from the daily context and arrive in a new setting as a team. The first exercises are designed to foster connection and presence.

2. Creating safety and openness

We build a framework in which people feel safe to speak up. Trust is not the goal here, but a natural result of how we work together.

3. Gaining insight into how you function

Through targeted exercises and interactions, it becomes clear how you currently operate as a team. Strengths, roles, and initial patterns start to emerge.

4. Uncovering underlying dynamics

What is happening beneath the surface? Which habits, tensions, or unspoken rules are shaping behavior? This is where real depth emerges.

5. Breaking patterns and experimenting

We actively work with new behaviors. New ways of communicating and collaborating are practiced right away.

6. Translating into the work reality

We make it tangible. What will you take with you? What will change tomorrow? This is captured in a team charter and action plan.

Your takeaways

  • Greater openness towards one another
  • More understanding of each other and each other’s behavior
  • Stronger trust and more open communication
  • Clear insight into how your team is functioning today
  • Unspoken tensions that become open for discussion
  • More ownership and responsibility within the team
  • A shared vision on the next steps you can take together as a team

Your takeaways

  • Greater openness towards one another
  • More understanding of each other and each other’s behavior
  • Stronger trust and more open communication
  • Clear insight into how your team is functioning today
  • Unspoken tensions that become open for discussion
  • More ownership and responsibility within the team
  • A shared vision on the next steps you can take together as a team
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“"Better Minds at Work heeft me geholpen om het werk te hervatten na een lange burn-out. Met de juiste tools om herval te voorkomen, voel ik me sterker dan ooit!"”

Christel

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Elke Geraerts
info@betterminds.com

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Connect with us today and discover how we can elevate your team’s culture, well-being, talent, and leadership.

Our experts

Tom Dijckmans
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