The Strangest Corporate Team-Building Exercises That Actually Happened

From the Human Knot to the Apology Exercise, companies keep running team-building exercises that nobody asked for. This episode explores the documented cases of corporate team-building gone strange — the Trust Fall that produces injuries instead of trust, the Personality Test Reveal that creates years of resentment, and the Marshmallow Challenge that proves kindergartners outperform MBAs. We dig through the archives of business journalism to find out what actually happens when HR schedules a fun day, and why the "our competitor did it" logic keeps these exercises alive despite overwhelming evidence they don't work. Episode #808217 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/808217