1. "Playschool"-type activities can be demeaning and lose the attention and motivation of high IQ employees who resent the time away from their desks;
 
2. Military-style challenges may alienate and be seen to have little relevance to the working day;
 
3. "Hi-De-HI" attitudes can mask an excuse to take your money in exchange for playing games with your employees and providing a "fun day out";
 
4. Single-skill goals can have little long-term advantage for high-performing teams;
 
5. Facilitators with no qualifications and little skill may be unable to deliver a service which is relevant to the specific challenges your Leaders and Teams face every day;
 
6. Lectures with written demonstrations lose the attention of participants after 15 minutes.
 
 
How is a Hummding Day Different?
 
A Hummding Day has been founded on the following research:
 
 
1. People Learn by Doing:a surgeon is trained by doing actual operations in a controlled, safe learning environment;
 
2. Teacher to student and student to student interactions are vital to the success of a group endeavour;
 
3. Employees need to see Desired Performance as a winning situation for their own advancement and that of Your Busuness Enterprise;
 
4. Assisting the success of co-workers needs to be a source of enjoyment and reward;
 
5. For most employees, Recognition, Praise and Appreciation are greater motivators than cash;
 
6. Tuition provided by a Hummding Day is personalised, and sincerity considered a basic form of respect;
 
7. Leaders in a workshop setting will recognise the importance of,, and want to become personally involved with individual performance;
 
8. Obtainable goals will fuel ability- building;
 
9. Outstanding Performance by a Team should be celebrated by the amount of enjoyment the team gleans from it;
 
10. Following a Hummding Day a participant should be able to show increased confidence, co-operation and enthusiasm for the team effort;
 
11. Relevant de-briefing should allow rediscovery of things previously missed when minds were focused on achieving a goal;
 
12. Leading teams requires trust beginning at a personal level and each member of a team needs to experience this.
 
 
"in our Utopian republic.... West- Eastern Divan....(Palestinian/Israeli orchestra)...We express ourselves, but we also listen.......we have learned and we give everybody the opportunity to express himself, herself, to the enemy and also to hear the version of the enemy, to listen and hear it. And therefore,not necessarily to agree with it, but to understand the other narrative."
Daniel Barenboim  Reith Lectures: 2006