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Laura Khalil

I use D&D to help teams actually connect.

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

Apr 27, 2026

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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.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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

Mar 30, 2026

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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.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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

Mar 24, 2026

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4 min read

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.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

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Nature has a warning for adults who stopped playing and it is deeply unsettling

Mar 16, 2026

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Nature has a warning for adults who stopped playing and it is deeply unsettling

Did anyone else's parents tell them that if they sat in front of the TV all day their brain would turn to mush? Turns out there might be something to that, courtesy of one of nature's strangest creatures...

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

The Unwritten Rules That Are Killing Your Team Culture

Mar 9, 2026

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The Unwritten Rules That Are Killing Your Team Culture

What if you could build the perfect team? How would you do that? Google asked itself the same question. They launched Project Aristotle and studied 180 teams to figure out how to engineer the perfect team.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil
Culture is built through shared experiences, not a powerpoint

Feb 24, 2026

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Culture is built through shared experiences, not a powerpoint

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.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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Does work feel siloed? We have a game for that

Feb 12, 2026

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2 min read

Does work feel siloed? We have a game for that

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil
My time at Dungeon Master University

Jan 19, 2026

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4 min read

My time at Dungeon Master University

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil
Tired of people taking credit for your work? Try this spy game.

Dec 15, 2025

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Tired of people taking credit for your work? Try this spy game.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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Law Schools Are Teaching D&D (And It's Actually Brilliant)

Dec 8, 2025

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Law Schools Are Teaching D&D (And It's Actually Brilliant)

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

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Why Are Entrepreneurs Playing Murder Mystery Grannies?

Dec 1, 2025

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Why Are Entrepreneurs Playing Murder Mystery Grannies?

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

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How to *actually* create unforgettable experiences

Nov 24, 2025

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How to *actually* create unforgettable experiences

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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Team Training That Sticks

Nov 17, 2025

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2 min read

Team Training That Sticks

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil
Tetris > Trauma

Nov 10, 2025

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1 min read

Tetris > Trauma

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Games

Have you met the grannies playing D&D?

Nov 4, 2025

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1 min read

Have you met the grannies playing D&D?

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil
The Boss Battle Principle

Nov 3, 2025

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2 min read

The Boss Battle Principle

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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50,000 Employees Trained Themselves (Voluntarily). Here's How.

Oct 31, 2025

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50,000 Employees Trained Themselves (Voluntarily). Here's How.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

Learning and Development

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Team building is trapped in 1994. Here's how we're fixing it.

Oct 30, 2025

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3 min read

Team building is trapped in 1994. Here's how we're fixing it.

Laura Khalil
Laura Khalil

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