A bartender, CPA, Realtor, chef & scientist play escape room
One of the first groups we booked at Locktopia Escape Room was for a Houston team-building exercise for a small CPA firm.
When the owner called to book the escape room, she told me she had never done an escape room before and asked if I thought they would “get out.”
I told her it’s easier if everyone in your group thinks a little differently, because our puzzles all need a little different logic.
She felt encouraged by that and was excited to see how they would do.
A good Houston team-building activity should focus on developing employees’ and managers’ problem-solving skills. Team challenges promote creative thinking and collaborative problem-solving, which can lead to improved on-the-job decision-making. Working together toward common goals builds trust and a better understanding of one another’s strengths and working styles.
When they arrived, they had a meeting in our party room. As I got to know them, they all began to share their backgrounds prior to working at the CPA firm.
It turns out they had very diverse work experiences, including pastry chef, Realtor, scientist, and bartender, among others.
And every one of those suddenly discovered past work lives really paid off in the escape game. Everyone of them did a different piece.
The CPA completed the Sudoku-style puzzle in minutes, the scientist figured out the phone puzzle in a remarkably short time, and the pastry chef solved two of the visual puzzles.
One of the most memorable moments is when the bartender walked up to a puzzle that the CPA had been looking at for a few minutes and solved it.
She turned to him and said, “How did you do that?”
After he gave her his explanation, she exclaimed, “I would NEVER have gotten that.”
This kind of interaction fosters open dialogue and helps break down communication barriers between departments or hierarchy levels leading to clearer, more efficient collaboration on daily tasks. Hopefully this leads to a morale boost making employees feel valued and increase overall job satisfaction
Want to see how different the people in your office think? Come do one of our popular Houston team-building exercises in one of our four escape rooms. If you like, you can do them in all four.
I’d love to see how you do! And what you learn about the people around you.