Strategic Workforce Wellbeing & Retention Retreats
Moving Beyond Team Building. We Provide Creative Decompression.
At Gilgamesh for Creative Arts, we understand that today’s professional environments—especially high-pressure sectors like education, finance, and humanitarian work—are facing an unprecedented crisis of burnout and staff retention.
Our workshops are not generic art classes. They are curated, tactile experiences based on the Wabi-Sabi philosophy—finding beauty in imperfection—designed to facilitate true mental decompression and resilience.
The Gilgamesh Difference: Tactile Therapy vs. Digital Fatigue
We offer workshops that directly address digital fatigue and stress by guiding the mind and hands into a deeply present, meditative state.
Focus Area | Benefit to Your Team | Signature Workshop Example |
|---|---|---|
Resilience Building | Uses deep metaphor to shift perspective on professional setbacks, reducing anxiety and promoting mental toughness. | Kintsugi (The Golden Repair): Fixing broken ceramics with gold, celebrating scars as history. |
Tactile Focus & Detox | A complete screen break, encouraging deep concentration on a physical process, helping the body relax and noticeably lower stress. | Kurinuki (Japanese Carving): Meditative carving of clay from a solid block. |
Team Bonding & Morale | Shared, hands-on activity in a low-stakes, beautiful environment, strengthening working relationships and boosting loyalty. | Ceramic Bonding Retreats / Pottery Painting: Engaging creative outlets resulting in a tangible keepsake. |
🏛️ The Premium Experience: The Lweibdeh Heritage Retreat
To maximize impact, we offer a dedicated Staff Retreat experience at our unique heritage home in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh.
This premium offering is designed as a genuine incentive for staff and includes:
A Creative Sanctuary: Escaping the office to engage in meaningful art in one of Amman’s most historic and beautiful settings.
Customizable Sessions: Choose from Kurinuki, Kintsugi, Stained Glass, or an easy-entry Pottery Painting session.
Executive Catering: Elevate the experience with a rich coffee break, local Jordanian meals, and premium options like an outdoor barbecue.
Note: We can also deliver any of our workshops on-site at your company or school location for larger groups or logistical convenience.
Trusted Partners: High-Stakes Credibility
Our ability to handle logistics and deliver meaningful, professional development is validated by some of the most demanding institutions and companies operating in the region.
We are proud to have facilitated programs for:
Financial & Corporate Leaders: PwC, MenaITech, Talabat
Humanitarian & Development Organizations: USAID, ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Community Engagement: URI (United Religions Initiative)
Partner with Gilgamesh to show your staff you are making a meaningful investment in their long-term health and retention.
What we offer
- Japanese Pottery workshops.
- Glass Painting.
- Stained Glass Workshops.
- Kintsugi.
- Drama exercises.
- Outdoor activities (barbecues, movie screenings).
- All of our team building activities at Gilgamesh for Creative Arts are designed to promote teamwork, creativity, and a positive work environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Amman offers everything from outdoor and sports activities to creative, hands-on experiences. At Gilgamesh for Creative Arts we specialise in art-based team building — Kintsugi, pottery, glass painting and more — a calm, meaningful alternative to high-energy sports days that suits mixed teams of all ages and abilities.
Yes. We run corporate team building and staff-wellbeing sessions for companies, NGOs, embassies and institutions across Amman. We have facilitated programs for PwC, MenaITech, Talabat, USAID, ICRC, IRC and URI.
Sports and outdoor days are great for energy, but they can leave quieter or less-active team members on the sidelines. Art-based team building is inclusive by design: everyone participates equally, stress levels drop, and each person leaves with a handmade keepsake.
We host up to 40 participants per rotation, and can run multiple rotations for larger groups — from a small department to a full company day.
Both. You can visit our heritage home in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh, Amman, or we bring the full experience on-site to your office, school or venue.
A typical session runs 2–3 hours, and can be extended into a half-day or full-day retreat with catering, a coffee break or an outdoor barbecue.
Kintsugi (the golden repair), Kurinuki (Japanese carving), Raku, pottery painting, glass painting and stained glass, plus optional drama exercises and outdoor add-ons like barbecues and movie screenings.
Yes — we facilitate in both Arabic and English, so mixed local and international teams are fully comfortable.
Absolutely. We regularly work with embassies, UN agencies and humanitarian organisations, and handle logistics, scheduling and confidentiality to a professional standard.
Contact us to plan your session. Pricing is inclusive with no added taxes, and options include catering, a coffee break, local Jordanian meals, live music and certificates. Tell us your team size and preferred date and we will build the right package.