I don’t know if you have noticed or not, but it seems like CEOs and HR departments of nearly every sort of business enterprise as well as every sports coach in the land these days is talking about how to build a winning culture. Building the right culture is said to be the magic formula for uniting your team around a singular vision.

Some companies address this challenge by scheduling a team-building retreat. Have any of you ever been on a team-building retreat? These retreats are designed to get people away from their workplace, outside their comfort zone, and teach them to work together to learn a new skill or face a new challenge. It sounds good in theory, but not all team-building exercises accomplish these purposes.

The folks at Quickbase software company asked for feedback on some …