When a Team Needs a Reset, Don’t Give Them Another Happy Hour

Teams often need reconnection most when something has changed.

But “we should do some team building” can quickly turn into either a logistical production or an activity nobody particularly wants to attend.

There’s another possibility.

Put intelligent adults into a thoughtfully designed situation. Give them something worth wrestling with. Let them experience one another outside their ordinary roles.

No lecture required.

Not because anyone failed.

The conversation afterward becomes interesting because now there’s something real to talk about:

What they just discovered about themselves.