Exploratorium Teambuilding Scavenger Hunt

A great San Francisco Teambuilding Scavenger Hunt in the Exploratorium     Museums are always a great place for a teambuilding scavenger hunt, but there’s something special about hands-on sciences museums — and the Exploratorium is one of the very best.  You’ll see exhibits here that you won’t see anywhere else in the country, or […]

Hollywood teambuilding scavenger hunt

A great place to hold a corporate team building scavenger hunt in Hollywood Event Description: An exciting place to participate in a corporate teambuilding event, Hollywood retains its historic sparkle, with movie theaters galore, high-end shopping and dining, and of course, the Walk of Fame. Location History: A sleepy town up until the turn of […]

The Power of Choice

There once was a knight of the Round Table who met a beautiful woman — fair of skin with long, raven hair — and took her to court to marry her.   Little did the knight know that his bride-to-be was bewitched by a terrible spell, cast upon her by an evil sorcerer.   According to the […]

A Face in the Crowd

The other day while looking up something on Wikipedia, I was greeted by a prominent note at the top of the page asking me for a mere $3.00 donation to fund the website’s ongoing efforts.    Wikipedia is an amazing, volunteer service, right  – the modern equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary?  What’s $3.00 to me, […]

Going, Going… Lagaan

When thinking about fun ways to spend an evening, I’m guessing very few people say to themselves, “You know, tonight I’d sure like to watch a 4-hour historical epic about cricket—with lots of Bollywood dancing.”   And yet, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting, especially if we’re talking about Aamir Khan’s lavish 2001 spectacle, Lagaan: Once Upon […]

San Rafael, CA–Downtown teambuilding scavenger hunt

A great place to hold a team building scavenger hunt in San Rafael Event Description: Smack in the middle of Marin County, San Rafael has a bright and vibrant downtown area, with lots of history and public art. It’s a great location for corporate team building. Location History: What is now San Rafael was once […]

Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center teambuilding scavenger hunt

A fun site to hold a team building scavenger hunt in the Udvar-Hazy Event Description:  An appealing site for a corporate team building event, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center –serving as the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)’s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport — is 760,000 square feet of aeronautic fun.  The NASM […]

What is Success?

  If you’ve ever watched “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (and who hasn’t?), you know that Indiana Jones doesn’t really have a choice; he must find the Ark of the Covenant (with all its mysterious power) before the bad guys or leave the entire world at dire risk.  For Indy, it’s all or nothing, a […]

The Way” to Build Team Trust

A few days back I watched a fascinating movie on dvd, called The Way.  Have you seen it?   One of my go-to online resources, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), describes the film’s plot as follows:      “A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the “El Camino […]

Does Motivation Through Penalty Really Work?

As you think over your life, which has motivated you the most:  the promise of a reward or the threat of a penalty?    This is a question I’ve been pondering a lot of late.  Let’s say, for example, I set a goal for myself of exercising at least five times a week.   I have two […]