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Why high-performing teams play more, not less

May 19, 2026

Why high-performing teams play more, not less

The answer is wired into every mammal on the planet

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

Apr 27, 2026

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.

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

Mar 30, 2026

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.

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

Mar 24, 2026

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.

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

Mar 16, 2026

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...

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The Unwritten Rules That Are Killing Your Team Culture

Mar 9, 2026

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.

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