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Insights on team building, workplace culture, and the science of connection.
Team Building vs. Team Bonding: What's the Difference (and Why It Matters)
Most companies use "team building" and "team bonding" interchangeably.
Why Remote Teams Struggle With Connection (And How to Fix It)
Remote work didn't invent disconnected teams - it just removed the accidents that used to paper over the problem.
The Real ROI of Team Building: What the Research Actually Says
"Team building doesn't have measurable ROI" is one of the most repeated objections HR hears from finance and leadership - and it's mostly wrong, but for an understandable reason: most team building isn't measured, so there's no data to point to.
Onboarding Games: How to Make New Hires Feel at Home in Week One
The first 90 days at a new job are when most people decide, quietly, whether they're staying long-term.
Five Team-Building Myths That Are Costing You Engagement
Team building has a branding problem.
Why Your Quietest Employees Dread Team Building (And How to Fix It)
Introversion gets misread as shyness or disengagement, and that misreading is baked into how most team building gets designed.
Budget-Friendly Team Building
The team-building budget is usually the first line cut and the last one restored.
Why Five Minutes a Week Beats One Team-Building Day a Year
Most companies run team building like a fire drill.
Nobody Bonds Over the Capital of France
Trivia night is a decent way to spend an hour together.
Seven Signs Your Team Doesn't Actually Know Each Other
No team announces that it has a connection problem.
When Your Team Grows Faster Than Its Culture
There is a particular whiplash that comes with fast hiring.
Why People Stay Quiet in Meetings
Most managers know the meeting where you ask "any thoughts?" and get agreeable nodding, then hear three useful objections in the corridor afterwards.
The Five Minutes Before a Meeting Used to Do a Lot of Work
Think about what used to happen while a meeting was filling up.
"Tell Us a Fun Fact About Yourself" Is a Terrible Question
It is the default opener at every workshop, onboarding session and awkward kickoff, and it fails for reasons that are worth spelling out, because the same reasons apply to most icebreakers.
What a Team Loses When Someone Leaves
Departure checklists are thorough about the wrong things.
Team Building for People Who Hate Team Building
Some of the strongest objections to team building come from people who are good at their jobs and care about their colleagues.
How to Tell If It Worked
Team building is unusually hard to evaluate, so most organisations use the one measure they can collect easily, which is whether people said they enjoyed it.
The Colleague Everyone Likes and Nobody Knows
Every team has one.