Expedia Group is an organisation committed to looking after its people. So, we were delighted when they invited us to take part in their Open Learning programme. Run by the Technology, Diversity and Inclusivity Team, these are weekly sessions open to all employees. To address the themes of change and confidence, we focused our session on Abracademy’s Belief Mindset – a mindset to ignite confidence. If we want to transform the world, we need to transform ourselves first. So, by finding inner belief, people gain confidence in themselves and their abilities. Everyone’s full potential can then be realised. And people shine at work, and beyond!
CASE STUDY
Expedia Group: helping employees find their inner magic
How the magic happened
We wanted to ignite inner belief in the workshop participants. Using magic as a tool, we worked together to discover what prevents them from believing in themselves. Throughout the session, people learned how to align their actions and their words. This creates new beliefs and helps make those beliefs a reality.
Watching and learning magic stimulates imagination and storytelling. In turn, this generates surges in confidence because people are surprised to find that they can perform magic! Abracademy’s favourite group activity – the Magic Lights – is often used as an opener to belief. It’s a simple, but effective trick.
We closed the session by thinking about how to create the right conditions to thrive at work. When teams function well, all the voices within the team can be heard. We encouraged the group to share their new-found magic by performing for each other. Ta-dah!
The outcomes
- Limiting beliefs are challenged
- New connections between colleagues are made
- Participants understand that they have the power to change things
⚡ Success! ⚡
100
Of participants felt they could embed key learnings back at work
40
Increase in the confidence level of participants
86
Sign-ups for 15 workshop places!
