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