Let’s get one thing straight: Energy at work isn’t just about standing desks, step challenges, or how many shots of espresso you can sneak into your oat milk latte. No, the kind of energy that fuels innovation—the kind that lights up a room and gets ideas flying faster than a Slack thread on fire—is mental, emotional, and creative. It’s the invisible current that connects people, breaks down walls, and invites bold thinking to take center stage.

And the best part? You don’t need a three-day offsite or a trust fall in the woods to tap into it.

You just need five minutes.

Enter the energizer: a short, playful activity that resets your team’s mindset, pries open the door between the conscious and subconscious brain and gets the good stuff flowing. This is an exercise straight from the second chapter of my book, The Imagination Emporium. Energizers are the not-so-secret weapon I’ve used with Fortune 500 teams, startups, and even skeptical executives who thought play had no place in the boardroom. Spoiler: They were wrong.

To learn more about my favorite energizers or listen to the article, find the entire thing over on Fast Company.

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