What Being Stuck in a Van for 16+ Hours with my Team Taught Me

Because Oddball Leadership shows up beyond the board room.

What Being Stuck in a Van for 16+ Hours with my Team Taught Me
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I recently got back from a road trip with my team:

Eight hours to Omaha.

Another 90 minutes to a farm in rural Iowa.

Eight hours home.

I ate a burger on a glazed donut at this place. It was obscene.

Even if you love your team with all your might, that much time in forced proximity with co-workers will humble anybody.

But that's totally fine — because this kind of experience becomes a level-setter in the most human way.

Here’s what I’ve observed: