Top 3 Reasons a Fun Workplace is the Best Workplace
Alright yes, it’s a job. It’s the workplace. You’re meant to be there to get the work done — and then go home to have your fun. But having fun in the workplace is important too....
New Year’s Resolutions for a Successful Remote Workplace
Note: This post comes a bit late into the new year on account of our new website! When you're done here, I encourage you to take a look around the place! On to the remote workplace...
REMOTE WORK & GEN Z & THE FUTURE OF THE OFFICE
For a lot of us, navigating remote work / working from home has been some combination of learning new technology & embracing new freedoms remote or hybrid work allows (praise pajamas). Parallel,...
Our Five Favorite Remote/Hybrid Work Tools (Part 1)
The Puzzle Break team — which has always been fully remote except for our physical Seattle-based escape rooms — have explored a number of remote work tools and I want to share (some of) our...
Roleplaying and Teambuilding
Halloween looms ever closer – have you decided what your costume will be this year? I think Halloween appeals to people not only as an excuse to dress up and eat candy, but as a chance to step into...
Video Conference Security and You
Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, and today I have another topic sure to send chills down your spine: video calls! Okay, maybe the idea of participating in a video call doesn’t make you...
Top 5 Cybersecurity Best Practices
October is upon us, escape room / puzzle lovers! With summer coming to a close, nights getting longer and Halloween creeping up on us, there’s only one thing that could be on everyone’s mind …...
Top 5 Best Remote Office Competitions
Back in the pre-COVID before-times, it was relatively easy to arrange a friendly competition between teams at work; it was as simple as finding a venue like a paintball course, a bowling alley or...
Puzzle Break Skills: Thinking with a Global Perspective
It’s been a minute since we discussed the skills we teach in Puzzle Break’s team-building experiences; over the past few months we’ve discussed must-have skills such as working under a veil of...
On Physical and Virtual Escape Rooms
As we begin reopening our physical escape rooms, I find myself reflecting on all that we’ve gained by moving to developing virtual experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, this move...