Proud. I can’t even say how proud I am for last night. For I finally was able to repay my mentor, Bjorn Kjellstrom, for all he taught me. The planets finally were aligned and everything came together. The American Swedish Historical Museum opened their spring and summer exhibition “Outdoor Adventures: Navigating the Nordic Way,” that…
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Letterboxing versus Geocaching
Using Google Aerials for Mapmaking
Our New AR App for Museum Hunts
Experience the DaVinci Adventure anytime with the Augmented Reality APP, ClueKeeper now in fifteen museums and parks around the nation. For the new price of $19.99 per team of 4, you can run your own activity with your friends, office mates, family or simply enjoy it by yourself. Use a custom map of the venue…
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The Adventure Quest is Here
I believe that our Treasure Hunt Adventure is one of the only true team builders out there. After running all kinds of events since 1988, this is the one that gives the client and myself the most satisfaction. So with that as a main motivation, I am rebranding it in light of the addition of Augmented…
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World Orienteering Champ in Our Midst
Orienteering has been the impetus for the Treasure Hunt Adventure since 1988 and still remains my number one sport and love. When I can get a weekend off, and the calendar is right, I try to participate as much as I can. Last weekend was off the charts: the US Orienteering Championships at beautiful Ward…
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Ace Frehley, 360 Virtual Reality and R’n’R Team Builders
If you don’t know by now, Ace Frehley and I are old friends. If not for a simple twist of fate (and he having better hair than me) I could have auditioned at that Wicked Lester rehearsal hall in 1972. Oh yeah, and he is a monster player and was the perfect guy for the…
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Leaders As Coaches: A Google President’s Advice
We can quote the old Chinese proverb until blue in the face, but it always rings true: Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him to fish, he eats for a lifetime. More and more successful companies are successful because they teach their employees to be leaders. Amit Singh, president of Google…
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Patriots and the Bengals: Team Effectiveness vs. a Bunch of Egos
What a contrast. Last weekend during the AFC Playoffs the New England Patriots put on a seminar on team effectiveness. Arguably not the best Patriot team of recent years, Brady’s Bunch executed, executed and executed, like a machine to win their spot in the AFC Championship Game on Jan 24 (quite an admission for a Giants fan.)…
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Amazing Wolfpack Teamwork
We can learn a lot from nature: Those three wolves at the front are the sick and elderly. Their pace sets the tempo for the rest of the twenty-five member pack. They are followed by five strong wolves, the “marines” who are the real tough ones. Then the rest of the pack, followed by another…
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