Team Building Activities & Techniques

Escape the Case: A Code-cracking Techie Game

Corporate teams engage in Escape the Case, one of Venture Up’s most popular games, created during the COVID reset.

Venture Building: Bite-Size Experiments

Updated October 2025 Since 1958, the lifespan of companies on the S&P 500 has plunged from sixty-one years to just eighteen. As Richard N. Foster and Sarah Kaplan show in their book, Creative Destruction, the pace of change demands that leaders abandon legacy systems and rethink how new ventures are built. A Smarter Way to […]

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Making Working From Home Work for You | Venture Up

The New Normal of Work Government lockdowns changed how we work forever. While some employees have returned to the office, the long-term ratio has shifted — remote and hybrid work are here to stay. Smart leaders and teams now focus less on where people work and more on how they stay connected, motivated, and accountable. […]

Field Stories & Origins / Team Building

Why We Game — Besides the Risk and Fun

It’s a strange thing, gaming. Anywhere on the planet you find people, you’ll find people playing. But why? Most would say, “for fun.” True enough — but like most universal human behaviors, the answer runs deeper. Games are practice. They’re how we prepare for life. For thousands of years, children have played tag and hide-and-seek […]

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The Power of Virtual Team Building for Remote Teams

In the year that was 2020, many organizations ranging from small businesses to large corporations have experienced a transition towards remote work. With many teams becoming strictly virtual, the coronavirus has entirely reshaped how we collaborate, communicate, and operate. While there are many benefits of virtual teams in the workplace, ranging from cost-effectiveness to healthier […]

Team Building / The Lifestyle Team

Effective Workplace Communication Strategies for 2026

If you are a manager, a parent, or any human dealing with other humans for that matter, you know that communication is key to improving relationships, getting things done, and solving problems. It’s not what you say, but how you say it. The right phrasing can shift mindsets and change the course of conversations. At […]

Team Building

Best Ways to Build Team Chemistry

When it comes to achieving team goals, it sure helps if there’s team chemistry to begin with. But if your team is new, or is taking on a project together for the first time, team chemistry doesn’t happen instantly. The optimal way to get your teams engaged is to take them out of the office […]

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Team Building / The Lifestyle Team

Thinking Outside the Box? What Box?

Updated October 2025 Who invented that box, anyway? The box is a fear barrior, the one most people (not you) are afraid to think outside of. What’s so scary about crossing the Fear Bridge? So what if you’re not so comfy? Have you given birth? Tasted sour milk? Swallowed a bug? You’ve been there. Just […]

Humanity 2.0 / Innovation & Human Intelligence / Team Building

Wise Ways of Working with Millennials

If ever a generation was denigrated in the mass media, it’s those born between 1980 and 2000. To many of us, these are our kids, our relatives, our doctors, our mechanics, our teachers, our cpas. our pet’s veterinarian, our co-workers. In real life, few people are willing to bash millennials face-to-face, simply for the sake […]