Media & storytelling team building · Portugal
Storytelling team building in Portugal.
Every team
has a story.
We turn your message into an experience your people live: on screen, on stage or on their phones. Film and media workshops, live murder mysteries, festival-style events and interactive app games, designed around what your team needs to remember.
Why storytelling
People forget slides. They remember stories.
Training formats fade within days. A story your team has lived, filmed, solved or played does not. When people script, perform or decide inside a story, the message stops being something they were told and becomes something they own.
That is why companies bring us in when alignment, adoption or culture has to stick: a launch, a merger, a new strategy or a leadership programme.
On screen
Teams write, shoot and premiere their own films and commercials, with professional crews alongside.
Live
Professional actors pull your team into an unfolding plot, or a whole festival of stories runs in parallel.
On phones
Our own app passes the story between people: secret roles, voice relays, shared maps and cooperative missions.
“Your team doesn’t just hear the message. They become the people who made it.”
The story collection
One story, three stages
Every format is designed from scratch around your brief. The pages below describe the core experience; yours will always be bespoke.
On screen
Film team building
Your company becomes a production house for a day. Teams script, shoot and edit their own film, then premiere it at an awards ceremony.
TV commercial challenge
Teams become an advertising agency: a real product, a real brief, and a finished commercial that has to sell it. Ideal for launches and sales teams.
Mackathon
A marketing hackathon: teams analyse a market challenge, build a campaign and pitch it to a jury. Strong when teams work in silos.
Live
Murder mystery
Portugal’s original corporate murder mystery. Professional actors, custom scripts and your team in the plot, as a dinner, a city chase or a hybrid show.
Festivalized events
Multi-zone celebrations for 200 to 500+ guests: music, art, food and games running side by side, all under one story.
Story dinners & galas
An evening built around a theme, with performers, music and a plot that unfolds between courses, in palaces, cellars or rooftops.
On phones
Custom app challenges
A story-driven challenge built for your venue or city and branded to your event, competitive or cooperative, with photo, video and voice missions.
Play inside history
Our own cooperative and leadership games, played on phones. In The Human Algorithm, every player holds a secret role in Pombal’s crisis team on 1 November 1755, and only one of them may decide. In Rebuilding Lisbon 1755, each team becomes a crew rebuilding the city, and the plan only works if every crew delivers its part.
When it is the right solution
Choose by moment not by activity
Tell us what your event needs to achieve, and we pick the stage and the story that fits.
Product launch
Teams live the new narrative before it reaches the market, instead of reading it in a deck.
New pitch adoption
Sales teams learn a new pitch by performing it under pressure, not by memorising it.
Cross-team alignment
Functions and regions build shared reference points that last long after the event.
Post-merger integration
Two teams become one through a shared creative mission and a story they wrote together.
Leadership development
Secret roles and live plots reveal who leads, who listens and who decides under pressure.
Kick-offs & annual meetings
Large groups share one story, with an energy the whole company talks about afterwards.
Proof
Stories we told with our clients
Three stages, three very different groups.
A rebrand, owned by everyone
After a rebrand and merger, ten teams each produced a 60-second documentary about the company’s new vision, scripted and screened in one day.
10 filmsOne unified messageRead the case study →A mystery for the leadership team
During their annual meeting in Lisbon, the leadership team stepped into a live mystery in a historic private venue, with actors, character roles and fine dining.
LiveActors, roles & fine diningAbout the murder mystery →220 people, one city, one app
A branded app challenge took 220 real estate professionals through downtown Lisbon in two hours, run by nine of our facilitators.
220Participants in one afternoonRead how it worked →How we work
Message first, technique second
Nobody needs to be an actor, a filmmaker or a gamer. What matters is whether your team finds clarity, confidence and connection in the story they are part of.
Built on your brief
Every story, challenge and debrief is designed around your objective, from culture change to a product message.
Professionals on the ground
Film crews, actors, musicians and facilitators who know when to push, when to step back, and how to turn pressure into energy.
Our own technology
Our app Portugio is built in-house, so mechanics like secret roles, voice relays and split maps are designed for your story, not taken from a template.
Something that lasts
Films, photos and story moments become content your company can share, carrying the message well beyond the day.
Good to know
Storytelling team building explained
What is storytelling team building?
Storytelling team building puts your team inside a story instead of in front of a presentation. Depending on the format, they write and film it, solve it live with professional actors, or play it on their phones. Because people take part in the story, the message, the values or the strategy behind it stick far longer.
Which format suits our group?
Film and commercial formats work best for 20 to 200+ people who need to adopt a message. The murder mystery suits groups from about 50 up to 500+, as a dinner or a city chase. Festivalized events are built for 200 to 500+ guests. Our app challenges and story games scale from small teams to large groups, and work anywhere with a phone signal.
Do participants need acting, filming or gaming experience?
No. Professional crews, actors and facilitators guide every format, and our app explains each step on the phone. Technical perfection is never the point: taking part is.
Can the story carry our company message?
Yes, that is what the formats are built for. Films and commercials can be built around a product or a new brand, mysteries can be set inside your own industry, and app games can follow your values, onboarding or strategy.
What are your interactive story games?
They are cooperative and leadership games we developed ourselves on Portugio, our own event app. In The Human Algorithm, every player holds a secret role and only one person may decide. In Rebuilding Lisbon 1755, each team is a crew rebuilding the city after the earthquake, and the plan only comes together if every crew delivers.
Can we combine formats in one event?
Yes. A common combination is an app challenge or film workshop during the day and a murder mystery dinner in the evening. For large groups, a festivalized event can bring several formats together in one place.
How much does storytelling team building cost?
It depends on the format, group size, duration and venue. Storytelling app challenges start from €65 per person, and fully bespoke film, media and leadership experiences go up to around €200 per person. Every proposal is free. See our pricing and budget guidance.
Request a proposal
Tell us the message. We’ll find the story.
Every programme is designed from scratch. The more you share about your objective and group, the sharper our proposal. You receive it free within 24 hours.
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