Mindworks Pop Up Escape Rooms!

What do you get if you take four strangers, a dark tent, a pair of handcuffs and a stopwatch?

Team ‘Operation Chamber’ taking on the Mindworks pop-up Escape Room at the Better Business show recently, that’s what!  (What were you thinking??)

Chay Took, Marnie Williams, Matt Marchant and Nick Tompkin – four business leaders who hadn’t worked together before – kindly agreed to let me observe and give feedback on how they performed as a team during this 15-minute escape challenge (or perhaps Tracie Davey is just very persuasive).

We had a great conversation afterwards, reflecting on how their team dynamics evolved in that short time, from being polite and measured at the outset, to each stepping into their natural styles and roles towards the end.

Thanks Chay, Marnie, Matt and Nick for being such good sports.

Without giving away any game spoilers, here are some of my favourite lines:

“Who did that?”

“Are we missing something really obvious?”

“I was over-engineering it.”

“Check his pockets!”

“And you know what, that matches as well... It's like they were giving us a clue!”

“Shall we wait and get some suspense?”

If you’re looking for a fun activity for your business event, Mindworks have three different Escape Rooms in Worthing, or can bring this pop-up experience to your venue.