Games can fix remote team building
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Games can fix remote team building
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Re: Games can fix remote team building
#2I've built such strong relationships through games, with people I've never met, that I can't agree more with that.
The limit is that games will have the same effects as other "offsite" activities. Some people will be into it and it'll work for them, but others will just not be interested (whatever their reasons).
For example the first picture of the article shows basketball. That could be seen as a great team building exercise (for non-remote teams) but some people just don't like basketball or sports.
Unfortunately there are no silver bullets.
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#3not surprised games bring bond happiness and laughter which can cure cancer, but the problem is a lot of games have fragile net code, you sometimes have to rely on the "big" online multiplayer games cuz a lot of indie / small games prob won't work or can be frustrating to work with. I was looking for a multiplayer game to play with my little brother who's in China, I have a 1000+ steam library and Portal 2 is the only one I found that's playable through the wire.
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#4I'm firmly of the belief that if there is genuine social interaction to be had, it will be had for the most part.
Forcing social interaction (corporate mandated fun) is just another tool to tie employees to an employer to make it more difficult/less desirable for them to leave for better opportunities.
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#5Maybe a naive question but has it been proved that teams of friends are more productive than teams of coworkers who simply respect each other and enjoy working together?
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#6I try to do this with my team at least once a month for a couple hours. Some games we've enjoyed:
Among Us: https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us
Telephone Pictionary: https://rocketcrab.com/game/drawphone
Codenames: https://codenames.game/
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#7I try to do this with my team at least once a month for a couple hours. Some games we've enjoyed: Among Us: https://innersloth.itch.io/among-us Telephone Pictionary: https://rocketcrab.com/game/drawphone Codenames: https://codenames.game/
Among Us is a great laugh, we did that as a team last week. Getting your colleague thrown out an airlock for a murder you committed yourself never gets old.
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#8I'm firmly of the belief that if there is genuine social interaction to be had, it will be had for the most part. Forcing social interaction (corporate mandated fun) is just another tool to tie employees to an employer to make it more difficult/less desirable for them to leave for better opportunities.
What if the work event allows for the first social interaction? If there’s no opportunity to get to know people from work, you may not discover common interests, etc. I’ve certainly been surprised a few times about colleagues I realized I didn’t know much about.
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#9I'm firmly of the belief that if there is genuine social interaction to be had, it will be had for the most part. Forcing social interaction (corporate mandated fun) is just another tool to tie employees to an employer to make it more difficult/less desirable for them to leave for better opportunities.
I agree. If companies just treat employees well and provide a good working environment the employees will be happy and work hard and feel good about their co-workers.
I think there's an emphasis on forcing the employees to do things rather than creating the evironment where employees do it naturally.
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#10I've built such strong relationships through games, with people I've never met, that I can't agree more with that. The limit is that games will have the same effects as other "offsite" activities. Some people will be into it and it'll work for them, but others will just not be interested (whatever their reasons). For example the first picture of the article shows basketball. That could be seen as a great team buildin…
I agree with you!
I also find that team building can be stressful depending on how your work is fluctuating. If it’s under a heavy load, then it feels frustratingly like a waste of time when you could be getting things done. While I think team building is important, I think it’s so hard to get right. Frankly, the best teams I’ve worked in are ones where everyone had a similar work ethic.