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5 Fun Team Building Ideas That Definitely Aren’t Inspired by Agatha Christie Novels

Nothing brings us together like a surprise murder mystery!

Sierra Wanden
3 min readNov 8, 2022

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1. Island retreat

Feeling trapped in an endless labyrinth of gray cubicle walls? Get your team out to a beautiful island, where they can feel refreshed and inspired by the outdoors.

Once your team arrives on the island, they will realize you are absent. Little do they know, you have already slapped an ominous riddle above the doors of the Airbnb and tasked an intern to stage the murders of individual employees in a manner that follows the riddle, so that they all must race to figure it out and stop the next murder before it’s too late.

Whoever solves the riddle and stops the intern from murdering the entire crew gets a raise!

2. Commuting buddies

If your company is trying to reduce its carbon footprint, incentivize employees to take public transportation to work. Further incentivize them to have a commuting buddy who takes the same train as them, as a way to build friendships.

One day, bribe the conductor to stop the train and inform everyone that it’s stuck. Stage the murder of a passenger and watch as your commuting employees rue…

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