Our First Global Team Retreat: Lessons from Bringing a Remote Team Together
What happened when 40 people from 8 countries met in person for the first time — the bonding, the breakthroughs, and the pizza.
For a remote-first company, in-person time is not about work — it is about building the relationships that make remote collaboration possible for the rest of the year.
What We Did
- 3 days of workshops, hackathons, and team activities
- No slide decks — all sessions were interactive and hands-on
- Cross-functional teams working on real customer problems
- Evening activities focused on fun, not networking
- Dedicated time for 1:1 conversations with people you only know as Slack avatars
What We Learned
The retreat generated more product ideas, resolved more cross-team misunderstandings, and built more trust than three months of Zoom calls. We are making it an annual tradition.
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