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Strengthening Culture in the Age of AI

(Hint: It Starts with Play)

Per my last meeting: Can we circle back to having fun?

Uncovering unwritten office rules, how the CDC cured furlough fatigue through play, and your invite to a weekly workplace escape hatch.

What Your Team Acts Like When They Think No One's Watching

Listen to the podcast interview on how HR and leaders can use games to build their culture and teams.

🎲 D&D is self-care (and trauma-bonding isn't a strategy)

Inside: Why your team hates escape rooms, upcoming live events, and a 1984 gaming trivia drop.

The Team Culture Roadmap: Does Your Team Need a Quick Reset or a Total Level Up?

Why high-performing teams play more, not less

The answer is wired into every mammal on the planet

Team Building That Doesn't Suck: Why D&D Beats Scavenger Hunts

We lean on things like regattas, ropes courses, and scavenger hunts because we think 'high-stakes' adrenaline is the only way to forge a bond, but trauma-bonding isn't a strategy.

What Monopoly, the Oregon Trail, and the Prussian Army Have in Common

Has anyone actually sat at that table and NOT ended the night arguing about paying rent on Park Place? Here's the part most people don't know: it was designed to be frustrating on purpose.

Roll for Insight: What a Game Table Tells You About Your Team

As everyone's hair is on fire trying to adapt to AI (and vibe-coding on a stack of Mac Minis that maxed out their Best Buy credit card), the most important workplace skills have nothing to do with technology.