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Gamifying Responsibility
Simple solutions to strengthen your team and culture During the past few years organizations have been dealing with a lot of employee...
Jun 2, 2022


How We Created the Pressure Matrix (And How It Can Help You Be An Effective Manager)
Over the last year, the team at BarometerXP has been refining a core philosophy around the concept of pressure… In science, barometers...
May 25, 2022


Three Ways to Find Meaning In Your Work
What makes work…work? There are tons of possible definitions, but two central characteristics of all jobs are: A series of tasks and...
May 18, 2022


How Do We “Show Up” When We Play, and Why Is It Important?
Having the right mindset and approach can make a difference in your play experiences At Barometer XP, we believe that the most valuable...
May 12, 2022


Need to Motivate Your Team for Change? The Trick Might be in the Wording….
Managing and motivating people through any time of change can feel like herding cats. Or worse, herding people. (Why is the adage about...
Apr 20, 2022


Three Insights from Team-Building Exercises That Managers Can Use Right Away
A recent Barometer XP case study You’ve heard us encouraging play in the workplace for many months now, and while it may sound...
Mar 23, 2022


What is Play?
What does play mean and why we need it What is Play? We constantly hear of teams experiencing burnout, lacking motivation, and desiring...
Mar 11, 2022


Revealing More About Your Team
How to Choose the Right Activity for a Meaningful Team Building Experience One of the most common questions we hear at Barometer is how...
Mar 1, 2022


Low Pressure Play at Your Offsite
These games are easy to implement and play with your teammates When a manager or teammate says the word "teambuilding" activity, many of...
Feb 10, 2022


Start Your Meeting with Play!
Why playing helps engage your team in routine meetings Most Zoom meetings have an incredibly predictable flow to them. The typical start...
Nov 12, 2021
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