Company Talent Contests Are Back—With Trapeze Stunts and Gingerbread Skyscrapers
Company competitions get reinvented for the Zoom era, bringing out flying trapeze videos, fondant and rivalries; ‘I’m still a little bitter’
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Company competitions get reinvented for the Zoom era, bringing out flying trapeze videos, fondant and rivalries; ‘I’m still a little bitter’
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