We’re obsessed with making workplaces happy, productive, and fun. Join us as we share tips, seek out best practices, and, of course, learn lessons from the worlds of art, science, and history.
San Francisco is home to some of the biggest and best companies in the world, and many of those businesses invest heavily in team building. These top employers understand that great teams create great work. Team building is a great way to improve employee job satisfaction, morale, communication, productivity, and team bonding. We love team […]
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Here’s why team building in Washington DC is important: Great teams produce great work. By investing in your team’s well-being and happiness, you’re showing your employees that you appreciate the work they do and care about making an investment in job satisfaction and professional growth. We’ve created a comprehensive list of the best team building […]
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Team building is one of the most important investments you’ll ever make. When you demonstrate to your employees that you genuinely appreciate all of the hard work they do and invest in your team members’ well-being and professional growth, you’ll see a drastic improvement in overall employee satisfaction, engagement and retention. That’s why we’ve put […]
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Michael Preysman started Everlane with a simple t-shirt designed and grew the company into a high-end, high quality fashion empire.
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The Spartan Army dominated Ancient Greece. That’s not because there was something in the water in Sparta that made their soldiers grow crazy strong, but because they worked together as a team.
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Pope Francis recently elected the first woman in charge of the Vatican Museums. In this role, Barbara Jatta is officially the highest ranking woman in the Vatican. This is her story.
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By turns both Queen of France and England, Eleanor of Aquitane was beautiful, intelligent, and took no prisoners. We can learn a lot about female leadership from her.
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When the snow falls and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. Here’s what we learned about team building from studying wolves.
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There’s too much content in the world to be boring. Here’s how to grab your audience and get them to engage like never before.
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Here is our list of the best team building games. Team building games are fun activities that promote team bonding amongst coworkers or employees. Examples include Balloon Questions, Tied-Up, and Frostbite. These activities encourage teammates to increase collaboration, develop problem-solving skills and improve communication. These activities are examples of inexpensive team building ideas. This list […]
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As a remote team, we geek out over virtual team building. We’re always looking for ways to bring our team closer together. But over the years, we’ve learned that online team building is much different than in-person team building. So, we made this list of fun virtual team building activities for remote teams. The goal […]
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We’ve been using FUJIFILM’s Instax cameras on our tours for quite some time. Given that we’re such big fans, we were super excited to work with FUJIFILM on creating and hosting a custom event to promote their new product line in New York City.
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What do you get when you combine the thrill of an Escape Room with the energy of a Museum Hack tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art? A whirlwind, narrative-based, team building puzzle we call Escape the Met! What’s an Escape Room? For the uninitiated, Escape Rooms are a phenomenon that have taken the “escape […]
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What do Stripe, Facebook, Google, Adobe, and SalesForce have in common? They’re all part of a growing list of companies that have done team building activities in San Francisco with Museum Hack – and they’ve all loved it. Museum Hack is a renegade museum tour company that works with businesses and other organizations to help […]
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At the end of a busy year, an amazing company holiday party is great way to reward your employees for all their hard work – but not all company parties are created equal. We’ve all heard the water cooler whispers: tales of company parties that end in tears or parties where the food and drink […]
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It’s no secret: we love scavenger hunts. We think they’re an awesome way to highlight cool pieces in the museum while still being a pretty great tool for subtle team building. Our scavenger hunts are super customizable, making them the perfect candidate for an event that’ll check all the boxes on your team building needs […]
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Awkward silences, tense meetings, busy work days. These are all situations that can benefit from fun icebreaker questions! Designed as simple team building activities to help ease employees or groups into a little team bonding, icebreaker questions don’t need to be as scary – or boring! – as they seem. When an icebreaker is properly […]
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There’s a dead body inside the museum – and the killer is lurking somewhere among the art. At least, that’s the scenario we laid out for a group of 30 employees from an international software company earlier this year when they joined us for an awesome afternoon of team building in San Francisco. Company leaders […]
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This article is all about team building movies. Why? Because sometimes the best way to motivate your team is through good old fashioned storytelling. Stories transform our thinking and inspire us to do great things. Great stories (and movies about teamwork) not only entertain, but they bring people together through shared experiences and help build […]
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Many of our custom company tours are focused on creating a memorable experience for that company’s employees with a healthy mix of team building, amazing stories, and fun. Just before the end of 2015, we were approached by UNICEF, who wanted to know if we could do something a little different. UNICEF’s idea was to […]
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It’s true that many animals thrive alone, living solitary lives, e.g., Shere Khan in the Jungle Book (Hacky Fact: “Shere” means “Tiger” in some Indian dialects and that’s the same “Khan” as Genghis Khan). But we’ve noticed that there are a whole lot of furry and scaly creatures out there that survive on collaboration and […]
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First days at a new job can be tough, and for many employees, fitting in at their new 9-5 home can be a little intimidating. It often takes time for new hires to feel comfortable and fully engage with the business. The good news is, there are ways to make the transition easier for both […]
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New York City has a reputation for being a tough place where neighbors don’t know neighbors, but one local company is working to change that by cultivating a new sense of community in the concrete jungle with people who are all united by one thing: their love of dogs! BarkBox is a company that’s all […]
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Stories are awesome. At the heart of the vast majority of Museum Hack’s hacks is a good story. Good stories resonate with the audience in new, engaging, and sometimes unexpected ways, leaving listeners with a deeper connection to the story and the storyteller. The catch is figuring out how to tell these tales in just […]
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History is massive. It covers war and famine, revolutions and renaissances, rises and falls. But sometimes, we just want to know about a specific piece of history. It’s easy to imagine a sports team wanting to learn about the birth of hockey or dinosaur geeks hanging out with fossils, but what about a yogurt company? […]
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Anyone in charge of a team has probably heard the phrase, “team building”. It has become a buzzword in the business world and for good reason. Maybe you didn’t already know this, but team building is really important. It can help your team work better together and improve the overall function of your company. We’re not […]
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Nick Gray is Museum Hack’s CEO and Founder. He works with businesses and museums around the world on creating unique and innovative experiences that bond teams and engage audiences. Today, he shares ideas on how he fosters growth and creativity within the Museum Hack team. Three months ago I had a Eureka moment… “The best investment I can make […]
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