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The Secret Sauce to your Team Building Enterprise
At The Go Game, we understand that team-building isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a powerful tool for...
Play: The Missing Piece in Your Workplace Wellness Puzzle
Traditional training methods just aren’t cutting it in today’s fast-paced, distraction-filled...
From Rookie to Rockstar: Onboarding Goals to Live By
Onboarding is more than just paperwork and orientation—it’s a crucial phase that shapes a new...
FEEDBACK: THE INDISPUTABLE MVP OF CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
What is continuous team feedback?
MASTERING organizational CHange for managers
Have you or your team ever felt overwhelmed by the challenges of organizational change? Maybe...
The SECRET sAUCE OF SUPERSTAR TEAMS
What constitutes a high-performing team? Experts agree that these teams share common traits, but...
KEEPING THE PEACE: PROACTIVE TIPS FOR HARMONIOUS REMOTE TEAMS
Employee conflict is as natural as your morning coffee—essential and sometimes a bit bitter. But...
Pixels and People: 5 Ways to Engage Your New Remote Team
Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, working from home was already on the rise.
The JOB happiness vs. engagement dilemma
Picture this: Your workplace is brimming with enticing work perks — bean bag lounge space, free...
Building Bonds: Tips for Maintaining Connections with Remote Teams.
For decades, physical presence and positive work environments have been central to building...
Unlocking the Power of Workplace Flexibility
Historically, managers have turned to timesheets and strict 9-to-5 office schedules as a way to...
HOW BOSSES CAN SPARK A CULTURE OF PEER APPRECIATION
Recognition in the workplace is an important part of employee culture and a company's values. As a...
6 Tips to hit the high note of positive team dynamics
At the heart of every successful manager's dream team lies the investment of time in cultivating...
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR MASTERING MANAGEMENT
The skills you need to be a manager are not the same skills you needed in your role as an expert...
iMPORTANCE OF MORALE CHECKS DURING MEETINGS
According to a recent survey, workers would rather go to the dentist, talk about politics at a...
How to Run Meetings that ENGAGE
Not all meetings are created equal. And if you thought it was hard to run a meeting when everyone...
reaching PEAK PerFORMANCE THROUGH PLAY!
Picture it: your team is at peak performance, operating full tilt in beautiful harmony like a...
WHY GAMES ARE THE REMEDY TO REMOTE TEAM BUILDING
The challenge at hand: remote work poses a significant obstacle to fostering social connections...
Amplifying workplace appreciation
Recognition is not just a mere formality in the workplace; it is the very essence that fuels...
NEW AGE recruiting : STATISTICS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU HIRE
Companies spend an immense amount of time and money on recruiting, and often don't get the results...
The “Leader Laws”(a must read)
We know you’re super busy.
What is employee experience (EX)?
The core of business success lies in the employee experience (EX), influencing everything from...
From Procrastination to Productivity: 5 Hacks for Personal & Professional Success
Discover effective tips and tricks to boost your productivity and achieve more in your personal and...
From Good to Great: The Impact of Team Building on Your Company's Performance
Team building, at its core, involves fostering a strong, cohesive group that collaboratively works...
How to set onboarding goals (and why they’re essential)
Goal setting is an important part of learning any new skill or embarking on any new project. So it...
Distributed teams practices: 5 golden rules for managers to live by
If you’re leading a distributed team, you may have realized over the last two or so years that...
Lessons Learned: Reflections on a Year of Growth
Discover valuable insights and lessons from the past year of growth in your company or team.
Unconventional Office Party Ideas: 8 Days of Festive Shenanigans
Celebrate company accomplishments and toast the New Year with panache! The Go Game has so many ways...
WHY YOU NEED A COMPANY KICKOFF AND NOT JUST A SALES KICKOFF
We’ve been facilitating out-of-the-box, interactive sales kickoffs for more than 20 years....
5 Ways to ensure team alignment and improve performance
Whether you're managing a two-person operation or a department of 100, it's nearly impossible for...
Breaking Silos vs. Creating Them: A Shift from Cage Fighting CEOs
In the business leadership realm, it seems like we’re in a bit of an “anything goes” moment in...
Budget Team Building Activities: Prioritizing Play in Times of Downsizing
In today's confusing (a.k.a. all flipping over the place) business landscape, downsizing and...
AI for Corporate Team Building: Where Bots Meet Belly Laughs
There’s a lot of excitement, discernment, and good old-fashioned fear on how AI will impact the...
3 Outdoor Team Building Activities to Engage your Employees
Are you looking for fun ways to build connection and camaraderie with your teams? Outdoor team...
12 Virtual DEI Activities for the Workplace
There are a lot of ways to support DEI in the workplace, from policies and programs to events and...
The Best 50 Virtual Team Building Activities to Try in 2025
In the last year, teams have spent more time than ever working apart. Even as offices begin to...
How to Make Your Team & Staff Meetings More Productive & Engaging
We’ve all been there: the workdays that feel like one never-ending meeting where everything is...
20 Unique Team Building Activities
More teams than ever before are remote or hybrid, and even teams that are back in the office...
101 Motivational Quotes for Employees to Start Off 2024
We’re big believers in expressing gratitude and motivating our employees, and usually we have the...
14 Employee Appreciation Day Ideas for 2022
Employee Appreciation Day is sort of like Taco Tuesday—it’s a great idea, most people are into it,...
20 Reasons Why Team Building is More Than Just an Activity
If you’ve been a part of a workplace team, you’ve likely participated in a team building activity....
Leading Remote Teams in 2022
Being a manager is already tough. Navigating the switch to fully remote teams in the last few years...
How Games Help Companies Hire for Culture Fit
The hiring process is an investment in time and money, so it’s important to use the process in the...
21 Virtual Meeting Ice Breakers To Try
Is this how your typical virtual meeting goes? Everyone logs on and immediately mutes themselves....
25 Games for Employee Engagement
In a time when millions of people are leaving their jobs, it’s more important than ever that...
15 Games to Get to Know Your Coworkers
Sure, you could host another after-work happy hour where everyone tries to make small talk about...
The Best Alternative to Zoom (The Only One You Need)
Another day, another meeting on Zoom. Does this sound familiar to you? Your team logs on, half of...
Virtual and Hybrid Event Trends to Look Forward to in 2022
The pandemic has completely changed the way teams meet. Though some teams were already working...
Looking to Build Company Culture? Start with Games.
A strong culture is one of the most important things your company needs. It is important to both...
30 Workplace Wellness Ideas To Keep Employees Happy
When you’re considering the happiness of your employees, you should, of course, think about their...
Why Weve is the Best Option for your Virtual White Elephant Gift Exchange
The holidays are quickly approaching and even if you can’t gather in person this year, there are...
31 Best Virtual Holiday Party Ideas (That Are Not on Zoom)
The holiday season is filled with in-person festivities that can make remote teams feel left out....
12 Tips & Tricks to Keep Event Technology Fresh & Exciting
If you’ve attended a conference or event in 2021, you know it looks much different than a...
30 Exciting Games to Keep Company Culture Alive
Successful workplaces are more than just a place people clock in and out. It’s important to have a...
The Go Game Has a New Platform: Weve
It’s been a busy few months here and we’ve got big news to share. Go Remote has been rebranded as...
Family House, in partnership with DocuSign Raises Funds with The Go Game
Family House San Francisco, in partnership with DocuSign, recently threw a virtual fundraising...
New Feature Release: Tournament Mode!
“It’s like March Madness goes global but with virtual gaming and hilarity at the forefront!”...
Introducing Go Remote Expo: Our Virtual Event Platform for 1,000s
The Go Game, the leader in hosting dynamic events, corporate team building, remote conferences and...
Remote Team Building for Virtual Teams
Check out these interesting statistics from a GoRemotely.com report that show the ever increasing...
Play it Forward! Charity Games
These games are a great way to support a local charity while supporting your team’s growth. Teams...
Season of Interns
Does your office hire summer interns? Then you’re probably already thinking about how to onboard...
Ice, Ice(breakers), Baby
Does your team need to let loose? Are you looking to help your colleagues bond or boost morale? Let...
Turn The Classic Go Game Upside Down
The Classic Go Game transformers into 1001 other themed games! Is yours on the list? Need some...
Indoor Go Games Rock Winter!
It’s (getting) cold outside. We’ve got indoor games to heat up your winter. No need to bundle up;...
Conferences and Interactive Participation
When’s the last time you went to an amazing conference, or at least one special enough to rave...
Harry Potter Horror Stories and The Magical Moments
We’re so excited about our partnership with HBO to create the “Hogwarts House Challenges” in which...
Giving Back Charity CSR Events To Help Disaster Victims
In October 2017, our San Francisco office filled with the smell of smoke as cities just north of us...
'Tis the Season to Plan Your Holiday Party!
It seems like just yesterday you were grilling hot dogs at your Summer BBQ Kick Off and now you’re...
Wildfire Preparedness Game 2017
From August 1 - 14th, we are inviting families across Amador and Calaveras County to participate in...
Stay Cool In The Summer with The Go Game
Sometimes playing in the sun is not always that fun. It can be a lot of work to convince your team...
Is it too late to transform your boring workplace?
It’s Wednesday at 2pm and you are bored. You glance at the rows of desks where your co-workers sit...
Play at Work: An Antidote to the Daily Grind
According to Gallup, the average full-time worker spends 47 hours a week on the clock. So ponder...
How to Build Trust in the Workplace
In elementary school, we probably all had few teachers who said, “There’s no such thing as a dumb...
Play: As Universal and Far-Reaching as the Internet
The internet changed everything. The world gained global access to ever-growing sources of...
Team Building and Recreation: Two Different Beasts
Far be it for us to stand in the way of fun, whatever the form, but we’ve noticed a trend lately:...
Tips for Event Planners: What Nobody Else Told You
Planning a successful group event entails marrying magic with pragmatism and shepherding chaos into...
Case Study: Wells Fargo Team Takes a Breath Together
The key to a successful corporate reorganization consists of two elements in equal parts: seamless...
Team Building: Where Everyone is the Beloved Underdog
During this year’s suspense-filled World Series, many people experienced the joy of cheering for a...
A Day in the Life of a Go Game Producer
Kelly Rogala has six lunch boxes lined up in front of him—a couple of Sponge Bobs, Hello Kitty,...
Team Building by the Thousands
“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” —Plato While our average team-building...
Why 6 is the New 10
You may have noticed that we have an unconventional approach to most everything. We cruise the...
Introducing Play into Mindfulness
Believe it or not, food scientists, mathematicians and astronomers have something in common. These...
Einstein’s Path to Productivity: Create a Culture Where it’s OK to Fail
Successful creative people—whether a designer, musician, marketing strategist, artist, inventor,...
Einstein's Path to Productivity: Create a Culture Where it's OK to Fail
Successful creative people whether a designer, musician, marketing strategist, artist, inventor,...
Case Study: Handshakes and Baby Kisses
In the spring of 2016, Christopher Knight, director of loss prevention at CVS in Phoenix, was in...
Play Outside: Free App from The Go Game
Happy 100th birthday to the National Park Service! Thanks to a little-known and completely inept...
Happy Employees are More Creative Employees
Maybe you missed the big news back in 2013, but the whole left brain/right brain theory isn’t as...
10 Tips for Team-Building Success
Professional golfer Arnold Palmer once said, “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly...
Pokémon Go & The Pursuit of Happiness
Only 10 days after its release, Pokémon Go was declared the biggest mobile game in U.S. history....
Pokí©mon Go & The Pursuit of Happiness
Only 10 days after its release, Pokí©mon Go was declared the biggest mobile game in U.S. history....
Your physcial therapist could prescribe video-games!
The Go Game is always looking for brand new ways to incorporate cool interactive technology into...
Research shows: playtime is productive!
What makes some teams flourish while others flop? Google’s extensive research on the subject has...
Big news! The Go Game acquired CLASH!
Big news folks! This May, The Go Game acquired CLASH.
Why is Play So Important?!
Our allies at NPR and TED talks have compiled a solid collection of episodes about PLAY and its...
Daybreakers Loves The Go Game - Hungry Hungry Hipsters
Thanks to DayBreakers for inviting The Go Game to produce a version of Hungry Hungry Hippose we...
The Go Game in Panama at Kalu Yala
Over New Years, Finn Kelly went down to Kalu Yala, an eco resort in central Panama. Here, we staged...
Partnership for 2016: Camp Grounded!
At The Go Game, we're all about bringing more playfulness to the adult world and using it to forge...
Adventures in VR
Last week, our own Jenny Gottstein had the opportunity to participate in Virtually Dead, a...
Secret Agents Needed!
The Go Game is coming to Japan, and we're looking for actors to work in one of our high-tech,...
Pogo Park Fundraiser Success!
In October we were honored to host the first annual Pogo Park Go Game -- a fundraiser for Pogo...
Get Ready... Go Game Style
The experts are saying we might experience an earthquake any day now and that it will devastate the...
Clowning Around
A few years ago, we designed a Circus-themed game at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference. It featured...
Bring Summer Camp to the office!
Here at The Go Game, we're all about bringing more play and connection to the world. So when we...
Vamos Vadiar
Huge thanks to everyone that made the Capoeira-themed community fundraiser game a huge success last...
Groove Is In The Heart
You know what a LipDub video is, right? It's a group of people lipsyncing to a song that is filmed...
Play + Philanthropy
We at The Go Game believe in the power of joy, compassion, goofiness and strong communities. Over...
Zombie Apocalypse Disaster Preparedness Game (Portland)
DATE: Saturday February 21st TIME: 1 - 4 PM WHERE: Portland, Oregon (secret location to be revealed...
10 Ways To Spark Some Go Game Magic
It’s one of those days in the office. You’re feeling a little flat, a little unmotivated.
Community Preparedness Game
Build resilience in your community with this handy How-To Guide!
We want to hear from you
Over the next few months, we will be working to design disaster preparedness games across the...
Adventure Jam
Get psyched to put all the knowledge we've been gaining from these outstanding sessions to...
New Faces, New Fun
The world called for more games this year, and we answered... by adding more people to our team!...
Step Up Your Gamification
It's 3pm and a post-lunch lull has swept through building. Coffee is running low, and there are...
Adventure Design Group
Presentation and conversation with JP LeBreton and Brandon Dillon (Double Fine) Thursday May 22nd
Wildfire Preparedness Game
On May 13th, we will be organizing a Wildfire Preparedness Game in Volcano, CA. The goal of the...
Meet: The Go Game
Exciting news! We have just unveiled our BRAND. NEW. VIDEO.
Podcast on Preparing for Zombies!
Brittney Gallagher - the brilliant mastermind behind the Digital Culture LA podcast - interviewed...
Zombie Game in a Natural History Museum
Every Thursday night, California Academy of Sciences kicks out the kiddies early, and transforms...
Wine Country Winning
Focus on the North Bay!
We're bringing our art heist game to IndieCade!
We're really psyched to bring our art-heist laser maze game The Hearst Collection, designed by Go...
We Did It!
Remember that Zombie Apocalypse Disaster Preparedness Game train project....? Well...
Scene from a Recent Game: Seattle
(Justin is standing on top of a barrier in front of 35 Microsoft employees in a public park next to...
San Francisco Community Game and new Blog features
If you live in the bay area and you didn't make it out to our San Francisco Community Game this...
Sales = Attractive
Why are people in sales usually so darned good looking? This thought crossed my mind many times...
Roxy Realizes True Identity: Finn's My Dad!
I can safely say that at least once or twice a week someone asks me how old I am. Never does a...
Roadtrip Game To Save Our Parks
In 2010 we created game to support America's great outdoors. In 2014 we decided to re-launch a...
REALLY in the news
ZOMG! We're totally in the news, and missed it! We know we already announced the street food game,...
Radiolab & The Go Game
On November 3rd, Radiolab hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwhich enlisted the help of Demetri...
Quick Aside
How much do you get paid to do what you do? How much should you? We all think we should get paid a...
Playing Games Like It's Our Job...Oh, Wait...
So, today we played a brand new game at our Go Game SF office that has never been played anywhere...
Playfully Ever After : A Gaming Fairytale
Last March we produced a week-long citywide scavenger hunt in Seattle. The grand prize: a year's...
Pastry Friday is consumed by National Donut Day
People are catching on to my little secret...errr, maybe I just have an innate sense of when sugary...
OUTDOOR NATION: The World Is Your Playground
The beauty about gaming is that you can do it ANYWHERE. And while video games are awesome, our...
Ode to Portland
Ah Portland - a thriving hub of innovation, coolness, coffee, footwear, and bike enthusiasts. We...
Now that's my kind of giving back
Greetings, Go Game blog runners from Southern California's most perdurable game runner. Now in my...
Meet our 2013 technical interns!
The summer is drawing to a close, and we'd like to take a brief moment to introduce the world to...
Medtronic Sales Conference in Dallas for 1000 Players
The Go Game worked closely with Trademark Events and Medtronic to produce a fully customized game...
Knowledge Quest at SAP's TechEd
Stars aligned. Worlds collided. It all came full circle. This fall The Go Game created a...
Kind of a Big Deal
WE know that we here at The Go Game are 'kind of a big deal' but it's always nice for others to...
Kayak, a love letter. (We travel a LOT!)
I love you, Kayak. I really, really love you. And for that, you are my #1 travel website. You are...
Good Enough for Them...Good Enough for Me
If Sasha and Malia, with alllll the resources of The White House at their disposal, chose to do a...
Go Game Does Santa Monica
I don’t know if it’s the weather, the sunshine or maybe, somehow, 3rd Street Promenade just...
Go Game Clothing Drive
Exciting news! This week The Go Game joined Tech Gives Back - a charity drive organized by local...
Go For Good 2013
What do Bay Area tech companies, cutthroat mobile gaming, underprivileged youth, and SF Giants have...
Gaming For Good
Recently we designed a Giving Back game to support the Beacon Center - a non-profit organization...
Gaming For Education
Did you know that San Francisco has an amazing public school system? It's true! But it doesn't...
Games are fun
We here at The Go Game like to consider ourselves connoisseurs of fun, games, and awesome. Throw in...
Game For Good!
What if improving the SF Public School system was as simple as chasing a dude dressed as a taco, or...
Follow Your Bliss / Where's The Beef?
Back in October, our co-founder Finnegan Kelly gave a TED Talk on "The Pursuit of Passion"....
Et tu, Brute?
No, we're not quoting Shakespeare in the SF office, we're just entertaining a visitor. His name is...
During SFO Landings, I've Always Wondered...
I originally intended this entry as the start of a series of retrospectives. It'd be impossible to...
Don't mess with Veronica Belmont & Co.
Last month, Veronica Belmont and her band of brave (and incredibly good-looking) friends threw...
Doing what we know best. Doing what we can.
Times are getting tough these days, with the declining economy it's tough to see what the future...
Deliberate Life Magazine features The Go Game
We are so honored to have been featured in this month's edition of deliberateLIFE Magazine - a new...
Creativity Training Galore!
This week The Go Game went to beautiful Boulder, CO to run a creativity training for the first-year...
Community Game!
Last weekend was our Community Game in the Mission, benefiting Intersection for the Arts! Here's...
Come Out & Play SF 2012
If you have a chance, come check out Come Out & Play SF 2012, bringing city-sized fun to San...
Clothing & Food Drive
It's that time of year again... time to make sure everyone is warm and well-fed!
Burning Man founders get crazy with The Go Game
On November 4th we were invited to design a game for the founders of Burning Man. Needless to say,...
Building community casually
Team Building can come in all shapes and forms. At The Go Game, we find opportunities to casually...
Bringing It to Texas
So, a cheerleading troupe inquired about playing the Go Game. The team consisted of 30 or so...
Blow up the Death Star
Who doesn't want to blow up the Death Star? I do. You do. Why? Because it sucks. It blew up...
Behold: The Future
Way back in 2001, we used to run games on phones that looked like this:
Behind the Scenes: Go Game App Video
Something profound happened to me this Christmas when my daughter unwrapped her Evil Kanevil Super...
Austin latest and SXSW
Sure, we don't have a sketch-comedy tribute to our city (hello Portlandia!), or some beautiful...
Austin Community Game Recap
Here at the Go Game Texas office n Feb 28th, we got a chance to give back to our community, by...
An App Proposal to Remember
Eli's Birthday Go Game Extravaganza began as a any Go Game iPhone Urban Adventure game might begin....
A New Use for our Orange Jumpsuits
Anyone who's played the go game can recognize us by our orange jumpsuits that we wear to all of the...
A Fine Tetris Rendition
We get to see all kinds of great video submissions each and every day at The Go Game. This one...
A book and a photo
One thing I love (believe it or not) about my job is that everyday and every event is different....
A Blog About A Blog!
Check it out! We've been blogged about! In cities where we travel, we hire local actors to plant in...
2013 : A Year In Play
If time flies when you are having fun, then 2013 happened at warp speed. We ran 751 games in 139...
Go Beyond with Go Game and Larkin Street
The Go Game was founded in San Francisco, and we are always looking for ways to give back to our...
Zombies, Marshmallows & Hurricanes : Disaster Preparedness Gaming
What Do Zombies, Marshmallows & Hurricanes have in common? This dork right here:
Zombie Apocalypse Disaster Training Go Game
The idea came to us one night at a bar - as most good ideas do. We were discussing the...
Yelp! Gives The Go Game a Review
The internet is a brave new world - need we say more? I travel all the time (one of the many cool...
Year Up + The Go Game
This month we were thrilled to join forces with Year Up to design a game for their annual...
Yammer, Ubisoft and Wilmer Hale
What do Bay Area tech companies, cutthroat mobile gaming, underprivileged youth, and SF Giants have...
Write What You Know
"So, are you from here?" is probably the #2 most asked question of us Game Runners (right after "So...
Fundamentals of Game Design
Have you ever wondered what makes a game.... fun? How to design for laughter or cutthroat...
Work got you tired? Or tired of work?
Whether you were out all night partying like a rock star or if work is just riding you too hard....
Where's my flying car? And what about my jet pack?
So I recently just opened up our blog to anonymous commenting so that you didn’t have to have an...
We are LIVE at SXSW
If you're anybody in the interactive world (and not saying that we are) you're in Austin for SXSW....
Venture Beat Digs The Go Game App
Venture Beat just wrote a nice article about The Go Game App. Here's a quote: "When asked about...
Vanished...
And then, twin rockets exploding into crisp blue Atlantic sky, they were gone. Once, they were mild...