In modern enterprises, team-building activities have become one of the effective ways to improve employee cohesion, stimulate innovative thinking, and promote a collaborative spirit. Hangzhou Shi Ge Yan is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the R&D and production of scientific research equipment. While providing customers with high-quality products and services, it also attaches great importance to employees' physical and mental health as well as the spirit of teamwork. To enhance employees' team awareness and collaboration ability, the company recently organized a unique team-building activity - the escape room. Through this challenging yet enjoyable activity, 30 employees spent a fulfilling and meaningful afternoon together, further strengthening the team's collaborative spirit and problem-solving ability.
This activity not only allowed employees to relieve work pressure in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere but also improved everyone's communication skills and collective collaboration spirit through the challenges of the escape room. The following is a detailed introduction to the activity, including its background, process, significance, and employees' feelings, which will help you understand how Hangzhou Shi Ge Yan supports employees' career development and corporate culture construction through innovative team-building activities.
Since its establishment, Hangzhou Shi Ge Yan has been committed to technological innovation and the improvement of product quality. While developing rapidly, the enterprise has always regarded employees' personal growth and team collaboration as important components of its corporate culture. The company is well aware that good teamwork is the foundation of an enterprise's success, and the cultivation of team spirit requires daily interaction and communication.
To enhance the tacit understanding and collaborative spirit among employees, Hangzhou Shi Ge Yan decided to organize a unique team-building activity - the escape room. This activity can not only stimulate employees' creativity but also enable them to cope with various challenges through teamwork and improve their problem-solving ability.
As a popular teamwork game in recent years, the escape room requires team members to escape from the room within a limited time through division of labor and cooperation, puzzle-solving and reasoning, quick decision-making, and effective communication. The tense atmosphere and rich scenario design of the activity will greatly enhance employees' teamwork and problem-solving abilities, allowing team members to improve their comprehensive quality in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.
Enhance Team Collaboration AbilityThe core of the escape room lies in the close cooperation between team members. The activity requires each member to give full play to their advantages and strengths within a limited time and work together to solve problems. Through this activity, employees can better understand the true meaning of teamwork and enhance their sense of cooperation and execution in practical work.
Strengthen Communication and LeadershipIn the escape room, team members need to exchange information, assign tasks, and make decisions through efficient communication. During this process, employees' communication skills and expression abilities are exercised, and some potential leaders also demonstrate their leadership talents through the process of task assignment and decision-making. The design of the activity can help employees improve their ability to cooperate in cross-departmental and cross-functional teams, providing support for their career development.
Improve Problem-Solving AbilityThe escape room game sets up complex puzzles and obstacles. Team members need to give full play to their respective advantages and solve problems through brainstorming and joint discussion. During the activity, employees not only exercise their logical thinking and reaction abilities but also cultivate patience and resilience when facing challenges. Such experience helps employees deal with difficulties more calmly in daily work.
Relieve Pressure and Enhance Sense of Team BelongingLong-term work pressure may make employees feel tired and anxious, while team-building activities provide employees with an opportunity to relax, relieve stress, and unwind. Through collective participation in activities, employees can enhance their understanding of each other and strengthen their sense of team belonging and identity. In a pleasant atmosphere, the relationship between employees becomes more harmonious, which helps to build a more harmonious working environment.
Led by the company's administrative department, the activity team contacted a well-known escape room company in advance to book multiple themed escape rooms for employees. To ensure the smooth progress of the activity, the team leader learned about the theme and difficulty of each escape room in advance and selected the most suitable ones for the employee team to challenge. At the same time, employees were also informed of the basic rules and precautions of the activity to make full preparations for their smooth participation.
On the day of the activity, 30 employees were divided into 6 groups, with 5 people in each group. Each group entered a different escape room to take on the challenge. Before the activity started, the staff gave a detailed introduction to the basic rules, time limit, and challenge objectives of the escape room. Each team was required to solve all puzzles, find clues, and finally escape from the room within 60 minutes.
Once entering the escape room, team members immediately entered a highly tense state. Each escape room had a different theme; some were full of puzzles and reasoning challenges, while others focused more on teamwork and physical challenges. Team members quickly divided their work and cooperated: some were responsible for cracking codes, some for searching for clues. Everyone cooperated with each other, gave full play to their respective advantages, and strived to find solutions.
During the activity, members showed a high level of collaborative spirit when facing puzzles. Every time a puzzle was solved, team members would cheer excitedly; and when encountering a bottleneck, everyone would think calmly, brainstorm, and finally find a breakthrough together. The entire escape room process was full of tension and joy, and everyone experienced the power of teamwork during this process.
Although each team completed the task at different times, all groups successfully accomplished the task and escaped from the escape room. After the activity, employees gathered together to share their insights and experiences during the activity. Everyone expressed that this activity made them deeply aware of the importance of teamwork and effective communication, and they also experienced the joy of working together with colleagues.
After the activity, the team leader summarized the activity and thanked all participants for their active participation. Everyone also said that through this escape room activity, they not only deepened their understanding of each other but also exercised their teamwork ability and problem-solving ability.
This escape room activity was highly praised by employees, and many employees said it was a fulfilling and interesting experience. They believed that many links in the activity allowed them to fully experience the true meaning of "unity is strength", especially when facing complex problems, the collaboration between team members was particularly important. Through this activity, employees enhanced the team's cohesion and gained many happy memories beyond work.
One participant said, "It was my first time playing an escape room, but I really gained a lot. The members of our team became more familiar with each other through this activity and learned how to communicate quickly and divide work for cooperation. This activity not only allowed me to experience the joy of challenge but also made me more deeply understand the importance of teamwork."
Another employee said, "The escape room challenge was very interesting but also quite challenging. Through this activity, I realized my role in the team and also discovered some of my strengths in communication and organization. This is not just a game, but a vivid lesson on teamwork and problem-solving."
Through this escape room activity, Hangzhou Shi Ge Yan not only enhanced the sense of cooperation among employees but also stimulated everyone's creativity and team spirit when facing challenges. Employees demonstrated excellent teamwork ability through the activity, supporting each other and working together in the process of solving puzzles and executing tasks, which achieved the expected effect of the activity.
In the future, Hangzhou Shi Ge Yan will continue to carry out similar team-building activities, provide employees with more growth opportunities, cultivate an efficient teamwork culture, and further enhance the company's overall competitiveness. At the same time, the corporate culture will also develop better in such interactive and participatory activities, and employees' cohesion and sense of belonging will continue to be strengthened, injecting a steady stream of motivation into the company's long-term development.