How do we strengthen the structural fiber of our teams? That's what I was tasked with as I landed at LaGuardia, prepared for the drive out to Long Island to run a game day for a corporate supplier.
Silos rarely form out of ego. They form when incentives, timelines, and pressures pull teams in different directions. Put two people in a high-stakes challenge with partial information and shared responsibility, and something becomes clear very quickly: you cannot succeed from your own corner.
Law schools are putting D&D on the syllabus. Turns out dice rolls teach imaginative problem-solving, collaboration, persuasion, and soft skills lawyers actually need.
The last time team building exercises were updated, your computer was chiming "You've Got Mail", the Macarena was the #1 song, and we were all rewinding our VHS tapes before returning them to Blockbuster.
How do we strengthen the structural fiber of our teams? That's what I was tasked with as I landed at LaGuardia, prepared for the drive out to Long Island to run a game day for a corporate supplier.
Silos rarely form out of ego. They form when incentives, timelines, and pressures pull teams in different directions. Put two people in a high-stakes challenge with partial information and shared responsibility, and something becomes clear very quickly: you cannot succeed from your own corner.
On January 1st, while many were sleeping off New Year's Eve, I was headed to the airport to fly to Atlanta for the inaugural event of Dungeon Master University. As a Dungeon Master (sometimes called a Storyteller or Game Master), I was really excited to meet 100 fellow...
Here's a question one of our readers asked: There's someone on my team, let's call her Vocal Val, and we collaborate on everything. But in our weekly team status meetings, she never gives me credit for the work we've done together. Over...
Law schools are putting D&D on the syllabus. Turns out dice rolls teach imaginative problem-solving, collaboration, persuasion, and soft skills lawyers actually need.
What happens when you give four friends bedazzled ankle bracelets, racy Christmas cards, and a murder to solve? They stop overthinking, start taking risks, and leave with skills that show up in real life the next day.